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Cost to run a washing machine in Oklahoma (June 2026 rates)
At 14.33¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oklahoma's average residential price in June 2026 — running a washing machine costs $18.63 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $23.84. Oklahoma's residential rate is up 5.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $17.72 to $18.63 a year.
- Per cycle
- 7.2¢
- Per day
- 5.1¢
- Per month
- $1.55
- Per year
- $18.63
Assumption: 0.50 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week — 130 kWh a year. A front-loader on a warm cycle, including the water heating attributable to the wash. A cold wash lands closer to 0.15 kWh. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Oklahoma compares
Oklahoma pays 14.33¢/kWh, the 9th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.21 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same washing machine costs $17.04 a year in Nevada and $68.54 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $51.49 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 14.12¢ | $1.53 | $18.36 |
| Kentucky | 14.26¢ | $1.54 | $18.54 |
| Oklahoma | 14.33¢ | $1.55 | $18.63 |
| Idaho | 14.37¢ | $1.56 | $18.68 |
| North Carolina | 14.74¢ | $1.60 | $19.16 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a washing machine.
What else costs about the same in Oklahoma
Cutting the number down
- Almost all of a washer's energy is water heating, so switching to cold is close to switching the appliance off, energy-wise.
- Modern detergents are formulated for cold water; the hot-wash habit outlived the chemistry that required it.
Questions
- How much does a washing machine cost per month in Oklahoma?
- About $1.55 a month, assuming 0.50 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 14.33¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a washing machine use?
- Roughly 130 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Oklahoma has the 9th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $23.84 a year.