Cost to run a toaster in Nebraska (June 2026 rates)
At 13.25¢ per kilowatt-hour — Nebraska's average residential price in June 2026 — running a toaster costs $4.64 a year. That is 28% less than the national average of $6.43. Nebraska's residential rate is up 0.8% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.60 to $4.64 a year.
- Per hour
- 15.9¢
- Per day of use
- 1.3¢
- Per month
- 38.7¢
- Per year
- $4.64
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 Nebraska compares
Nebraska pays 13.25¢/kWh, the 2nd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 13.11¢ | 38.3¢ | $4.59 |
| 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 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a toaster.
What else costs about the same in Nebraska
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 Nebraska?
- About 38.7¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 13.25¢/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?
- Nebraska has the 2nd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.43 a year.