Cost to run a toaster in Florida (June 2026 rates)
At 15.10¢ per kilowatt-hour — Florida's average residential price in June 2026 — running a toaster costs $5.29 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $6.43. Florida's residential rate is down 1.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.38 to $5.29 a year.
- Per hour
- 18.1¢
- Per day of use
- 1.4¢
- Per month
- 44.1¢
- Per year
- $5.29
Assumption: 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year — 35 kWh a year. Roughly five minutes a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Florida compares
Florida pays 15.10¢/kWh, the 15th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.14 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same toaster costs $4.59 a year in Nevada and $18.47 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $13.88 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 14.91¢ | 43.5¢ | $5.22 |
| New Mexico | 15.06¢ | 44.0¢ | $5.28 |
| Florida | 15.10¢ | 44.1¢ | $5.29 |
| Montana | 15.14¢ | 44.2¢ | $5.31 |
| Arizona | 15.18¢ | 44.3¢ | $5.32 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a toaster.
What else costs about the same in Florida
Cutting the number down
- High wattage, tiny runtime: a toaster is a good reminder that watts alone tell you nothing without hours.
Questions
- How much does a toaster cost per month in Florida?
- About 44.1¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 15.10¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a toaster use?
- Roughly 35 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Florida has the 15th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.43 a year.