Cost to run a toaster in Louisiana (June 2026 rates)
At 13.49¢ per kilowatt-hour — Louisiana's average residential price in June 2026 — running a toaster costs $4.73 a year. That is 26% less than the national average of $6.43. Louisiana's residential rate is up 5.9% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.46 to $4.73 a year.
- Per hour
- 16.2¢
- Per day of use
- 1.3¢
- Per month
- 39.4¢
- Per year
- $4.73
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 Louisiana compares
Louisiana pays 13.49¢/kWh, the 4th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 13.25¢ | 38.7¢ | $4.64 |
| Utah | 13.37¢ | 39.0¢ | $4.68 |
| Louisiana | 13.49¢ | 39.4¢ | $4.73 |
| Tennessee | 14.07¢ | 41.1¢ | $4.93 |
| North Dakota | 14.12¢ | 41.2¢ | $4.95 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a toaster.
What else costs about the same in Louisiana
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 Louisiana?
- About 39.4¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 13.49¢/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?
- Louisiana has the 4th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.43 a year.