How much does a hair dryer cost per month in New Mexico?

About $1.19 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 15.06¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a hair dryer use?

Roughly 94 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.80 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

New Mexico has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.33 a year.

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Cost to run a hair dryer in New Mexico (June 2026 rates)

At 15.06¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Mexico's average residential price in June 2026 — running a hair dryer costs $14.23 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $17.33. New Mexico's residential rate is up 2.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $13.87 to $14.23 a year.

Per hour: 27.1¢
Per day of use: 4.1¢
Per month: $1.19
Per year: $14.23

Assumption: 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year — 94 kWh a year. About nine minutes a day on high. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How New Mexico compares

New Mexico pays 15.06¢/kWh, the 14th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.10 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hair dryer costs $12.39 a year in Nevada and $49.82 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $37.43 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Mississippi	14.88¢	$1.17	$14.06
Washington	14.91¢	$1.17	$14.09
New Mexico	15.06¢	$1.19	$14.23
Florida	15.10¢	$1.19	$14.27
Montana	15.14¢	$1.19	$14.31

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hair dryer.

What else costs about the same in New Mexico

Slow cooker$14.46 a year in NM Wi-fi router$13.19 a year in NM Ceiling fan$13.01 a year in NM

Cutting the number down

Nearly 2,000 W sounds alarming, but a few minutes a day keeps the annual total modest.
A cool-shot finish uses a fraction of the power of the heated setting.

Questions

How much does a hair dryer cost per month in New Mexico?: About $1.19 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 15.06¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a hair dryer use?: Roughly 94 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.80 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: New Mexico has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.33 a year.