Average electric bill by state
Annual-average electricity cost per residential customer, combining usage and price. The U.S. average was $151 a month in 2025; an individual bill can differ.
Every state
| State | Monthly bill | Usage | Price per kWh | Yearly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | $95 | 638 kWh | 14.85¢ | $1,136 |
| Utah | $99 | 761 kWh | 13.02¢ | $1,189 |
| Colorado | $103 | 658 kWh | 15.69¢ | $1,240 |
| Idaho | $110 | 933 kWh | 11.83¢ | $1,324 |
| Montana | $111 | 853 kWh | 12.99¢ | $1,330 |
| Wyoming | $112 | 835 kWh | 13.37¢ | $1,339 |
| Nevada | $115 | 868 kWh | 13.26¢ | $1,381 |
| Nebraska | $117 | 973 kWh | 12.05¢ | $1,407 |
| Iowa | $117 | 861 kWh | 13.62¢ | $1,408 |
| Minnesota | $118 | 743 kWh | 15.83¢ | $1,412 |
| Wisconsin | $121 | 667 kWh | 18.08¢ | $1,447 |
| Washington | $124 | 945 kWh | 13.17¢ | $1,493 |
| North Dakota | $126 | 1,070 kWh | 11.82¢ | $1,517 |
| Kansas | $126 | 876 kWh | 14.44¢ | $1,517 |
| Illinois | $127 | 716 kWh | 17.67¢ | $1,519 |
| Michigan | $127 | 635 kWh | 20.03¢ | $1,526 |
| South Dakota | $131 | 984 kWh | 13.32¢ | $1,573 |
| Oregon | $134 | 866 kWh | 15.46¢ | $1,607 |
| Vermont | $135 | 591 kWh | 22.79¢ | $1,617 |
| Missouri | $138 | 1,037 kWh | 13.30¢ | $1,656 |
| Arkansas | $138 | 1,076 kWh | 12.87¢ | $1,661 |
| Washington, DC | $140 | 639 kWh | 21.92¢ | $1,681 |
| Oklahoma | $141 | 1,064 kWh | 13.21¢ | $1,686 |
| Kentucky | $144 | 1,094 kWh | 13.13¢ | $1,725 |
| North Carolina | $146 | 1,044 kWh | 14.00¢ | $1,754 |
| Alaska | $147 | 564 kWh | 26.11¢ | $1,766 |
| Maine | $148 | 533 kWh | 27.69¢ | $1,772 |
| Ohio | $148 | 874 kWh | 16.90¢ | $1,773 |
| Indiana | $150 | 938 kWh | 15.96¢ | $1,797 |
| New Jersey | $151 | 670 kWh | 22.48¢ | $1,807 |
| Louisiana | $153 | 1,225 kWh | 12.52¢ | $1,840 |
| California | $155 | 494 kWh | 31.35¢ | $1,857 |
| New York | $155 | 586 kWh | 26.39¢ | $1,857 |
| Tennessee | $156 | 1,180 kWh | 13.22¢ | $1,872 |
| New Hampshire | $157 | 640 kWh | 24.53¢ | $1,883 |
| Arizona | $157 | 1,030 kWh | 15.26¢ | $1,886 |
| Delaware | $158 | 920 kWh | 17.15¢ | $1,894 |
| Georgia | $159 | 1,077 kWh | 14.74¢ | $1,904 |
| South Carolina | $161 | 1,066 kWh | 15.12¢ | $1,935 |
| Pennsylvania | $162 | 839 kWh | 19.29¢ | $1,943 |
| Virginia | $163 | 1,067 kWh | 15.28¢ | $1,957 |
| West Virginia | $165 | 1,073 kWh | 15.39¢ | $1,982 |
| Rhode Island | $166 | 562 kWh | 29.48¢ | $1,987 |
| Mississippi | $166 | 1,184 kWh | 14.03¢ | $1,993 |
| Florida | $168 | 1,103 kWh | 15.21¢ | $2,014 |
| Texas | $171 | 1,110 kWh | 15.40¢ | $2,051 |
| Massachusetts | $181 | 596 kWh | 30.41¢ | $2,173 |
| Alabama | $184 | 1,145 kWh | 16.09¢ | $2,212 |
| Maryland | $184 | 944 kWh | 19.53¢ | $2,213 |
| Connecticut | $206 | 704 kWh | 29.31¢ | $2,478 |
| Hawaii | $208 | 515 kWh | 40.40¢ | $2,495 |
Calculated from EIA final annual 2025 residential totals, including supply and delivery. This is an annual benchmark, not a current monthly quote.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average electric bill by state?
The U.S. annual-average residential bill was $151 a month in 2025 (874 kWh at 17.23¢). It ranged from $95 in New Mexico to $208 in Hawaii. These are averages per residential customer, not current quotes or the median household bill.
Why are electric bills higher in some cheap-power states?
Bills depend on how much power homes use as well as the price. Hot southern states run air conditioning much of the year, so they use more kilowatt-hours even when rates are low.
How are these annual-average monthly bills calculated?
RelocateMath divides EIA's final 2025 annual residential electricity revenue by residential customers and by 12. Usage is calculated from annual residential sales in the same way. The U.S. average uses national totals, so it weights customers rather than giving each state equal weight. Individual bills vary with the tariff, weather, home and usage.
How these bills are calculated
EIA's annual state workbook, residential columns on the Total Electric Industry sheet, supplies final 2025 revenue, sales and customer counts. We calculate monthly dollars as annual revenue divided by customers and 12, and monthly kWh as annual sales divided by customers and 12. Supply and delivery are already combined in that industry total; their customers are not counted twice.
The U.S. figure uses national totals for 144,800,940 residential customers, rather than a simple average of states. Bills are rounded to cents, usage to whole kWh and prices to the published hundredth of a cent. The yearly column is the rounded monthly benchmark multiplied by 12. EIA's separate Table 5A publication ended with the prior annual dataset; these updated bills are our calculation from its final annual totals.