Electricity Cost Calculator — Estimate Your Bill by State
The calculator below starts at the U.S. average rate — switch to your state for a local monthly electric bill estimate from kWh × residential electricity rate. For a specific kWh amount (any number, not just common tiers), use the kWh cost calculator. Further down you'll find links to state calculators, fixed usage examples, appliance tools, and related guides.
Rates come from the same U.S. Energy Information Administration residential dataset used across this site's state pages, average bill comparisons, usage-cost examples, and appliance calculators.
Monthly electricity cost calculator
Pick your state, enter monthly kWh usage, and see an estimated electricity cost using each state's residential all-in average electricity rate.
Estimated monthly electricity cost: $173.88
Rate applied: 19.32 ¢/kWh
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Retail Sales of Electricity. Last dataset period shown for United States (average): April 2026.
Fees are already included: this uses the all-in average rate — energy, delivery, and utility fees together, not just the electricity. See what's inside the all-in rate.
How electricity cost is calculated
Monthly electric bill estimate = monthly kWh usage × state electricity rate (in dollars per kWh). That means the same home usage can produce very different bill outcomes as you move between states.
For common search scenarios, we also publish fixed usage examples (by kWh tier) and state-specific pages; those deeper pages live under the electricity usage cost section.
State calculator pages
Each state calculator links to average bill pages, price-per-kWh pages, usage-tier pages, trend pages, appliance calculators, and appliance cost-to-run pages.
Appliance calculator entry points
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Source & Method
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Retail Sales of Electricity. Example dataset period (Colorado): April 2026. Calculator outputs use the all-in average rate — delivery, fixed fees, and utility charges are already inside it; locally billed taxes vary by area.
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