Cost to run a hot tub in Michigan (June 2026 rates)
At 22.99¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in June 2026 — running a hot tub costs $575 a year. That is 25% more than the national average of $458. Michigan's residential rate is up 10.4% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $520 to $575 a year.
- Per day
- $1.57
- Per month
- $47.90
- Per year
- $575
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 Michigan compares
Michigan pays 22.99¢/kWh, the 13th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 21.73¢ | $45.27 | $543 |
| Maryland | 21.84¢ | $45.50 | $546 |
| Michigan | 22.99¢ | $47.90 | $575 |
| Connecticut | 24.32¢ | $50.67 | $608 |
| District of Columbia | 24.39¢ | $50.81 | $610 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Michigan
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 Michigan?
- About $47.90 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 22.99¢/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?
- Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.