Clothes dryer Electricity Cost Calculator
Estimate running cost from wattage, daily use, and your utility rate. Replace the preset with values from your own appliance for a more useful result.
Appliance and usage
Start with a typical value, then enter what is on your device label.
$12.15 per month
Monthly estimates use 30 days; annual estimates use 365 days.
A 3,000-watt clothes dryer running 0.8 hours a day uses 2.3 kWh daily.
At $0.18 per kWh, that costs $0.40 per day, $12.15 per 30-day month, and $147.83 per year.
Cost of the clothes dryer
At $0.18 per kWh, the illustrative preset costs $0.40 per day, $12.15 per 30-day month, and $147.83 per year.
The 0.75-hour daily preset represents 45 minutes at the entered wattage each day. If you dry fewer loads, lower the daily hours; measured kWh per load is more useful when the heater cycles.
Illustrative electric-dryer preset. Guidance: U.S. Energy Information Administration — Measuring Electricity. Checked 2026-10-01.