How much does a laptop cost per month in Virginia?

About $1.72 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 17.22¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a laptop use?

Roughly 120 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Virginia has the 22nd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.01 a year.

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Cost to run a laptop in Virginia (June 2026 rates)

At 17.22¢ per kilowatt-hour — Virginia's average residential price in June 2026 — running a laptop costs $20.66 a year. That is 6% less than the national average of $22.01. Virginia's residential rate is up 13.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $18.28 to $20.66 a year.

Per hour: 1.0¢
Per day of use: 8.3¢
Per month: $1.72
Per year: $20.66

Assumption: 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year — 120 kWh a year. Charging and working. Once the battery is full, draw drops toward 20 to 30 W for light work. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Virginia compares

Virginia pays 17.22¢/kWh, the 22nd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.34 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same laptop costs $15.73 a year in Nevada and $63.26 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $47.53 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Alabama	16.40¢	$1.64	$19.68
Colorado	17.13¢	$1.71	$20.56
Virginia	17.22¢	$1.72	$20.66
Indiana	17.51¢	$1.75	$21.01
Minnesota	17.52¢	$1.75	$21.02

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

What else costs about the same in Virginia

Air fryer$21.70 a year in VA Box fan$19.37 a year in VA Washing machine$22.39 a year in VA

Cutting the number down

A laptop typically uses a fifth to a tenth of what a comparable desktop does for ordinary work.
The charger left plugged in with no laptop attached draws almost nothing on modern units.

Questions

How much does a laptop cost per month in Virginia?: About $1.72 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 17.22¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a laptop use?: Roughly 120 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Virginia has the 22nd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.01 a year.