How much does a Wi-Fi router cost per month in Iowa?

About $1.16 a month, assuming 10 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 15.93¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a Wi-Fi router use?

Roughly 88 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Iowa has the 23rd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $16.07 a year.

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Cost to run a Wi-Fi router in Iowa (June 2026 rates)

At 15.93¢ per kilowatt-hour — Iowa's average residential price in June 2026 — running a Wi-Fi router costs $13.95 a year. That is 13% less than the national average of $16.07. Iowa's residential rate is up 3.9% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $13.43 to $13.95 a year.

Per hour: 0.2¢
Per day of use: 3.8¢
Per month: $1.16
Per year: $13.95

Assumption: 10 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 88 kWh a year. Router plus modem. Mesh systems multiply this by the number of nodes. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Iowa compares

Iowa pays 15.93¢/kWh, the 23rd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.11 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same Wi-Fi router costs $11.48 a year in Nevada and $46.18 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $34.70 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
South Carolina	15.55¢	$1.14	$13.62
Kansas	15.71¢	$1.15	$13.76
Iowa	15.93¢	$1.16	$13.95
Texas	15.94¢	$1.16	$13.96
Missouri	16.22¢	$1.18	$14.21

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a Wi-Fi router.

What else costs about the same in Iowa

Ceiling fan$13.76 a year in IA Hair dryer$15.05 a year in IA Slow cooker$15.29 a year in IA

Cutting the number down

Small and always-on is the pattern worth understanding: 10 W around the clock is 88 kWh a year, more than a microwave.
Mesh nodes each carry their own around-the-clock draw, so an extra node is an extra annual line item.

Questions

How much does a Wi-Fi router cost per month in Iowa?: About $1.16 a month, assuming 10 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 15.93¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a Wi-Fi router use?: Roughly 88 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Iowa has the 23rd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $16.07 a year.