Cost to run a hot tub in Alaska (June 2026 rates)
At 28.21¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alaska's average residential price in June 2026 — running a hot tub costs $705 a year. That is 54% more than the national average of $458. Alaska's residential rate is up 5.0% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $672 to $705 a year.
- Per day
- $1.93
- Per month
- $58.77
- Per year
- $705
Assumption: 2,500 kWh a year. A well-insulated 400-gallon tub held at 100 F year-round in a moderate climate. A poorly insulated tub in a cold climate can double this. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Alaska compares
Alaska pays 28.21¢/kWh, the 7th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $247 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hot tub costs $328 a year in Nevada and $1,318 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $990 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 24.95¢ | $51.98 | $624 |
| New Hampshire | 27.01¢ | $56.27 | $675 |
| Alaska | 28.21¢ | $58.77 | $705 |
| Rhode Island | 29.23¢ | $60.90 | $731 |
| New York | 29.49¢ | $61.44 | $737 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Alaska
Cutting the number down
- A good cover is the whole ballgame. Most of the energy replaces heat lost from the surface, not heat delivered to people.
- Holding temperature usually beats cooling down and reheating, because reheating a large mass of water is expensive.
- A waterlogged cover has lost its insulation value and quietly doubles the standing loss.
Questions
- How much does a hot tub cost per month in Alaska?
- About $58.77 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 28.21¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a hot tub use?
- Roughly 2,500 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Alaska has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.