How Much Does It Cost to Run an Electric Stove per Day?

Source: Planning watts of 1,500 and 1 hour a day, hours of burner time a day, counting the time burners are actually heating. Price: 17.23 cents per kWh, the 2025 US residential average from EIA Form EIA-861.

The monthly cost is 5% of the $150.68 average US electric bill. It runs all year, so the yearly cost is twelve times the monthly figure.

One figure cannot fit every home. These three cases show how much the answer moves with the equipment and the hours.

The lowest case costs $3 a month and the highest $26. Use the calculator above to match your own.

The same electric stove costs different amounts depending on the state, because the price per kWh differs. Here are the three cheapest states, the US average and the three costliest, for the same 46 kWh a month.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Price is residential revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

See electricity rates in every state to find your own.

An electric stove top has resistance burners of different sizes, and each one cycles on and off to hold its setting. A large burner on high can draw about 2,000 watts, and a small one on low a few hundred. This page covers the burners. See the electric oven page for baking.

Burner size, heat setting and the time burners stay on set the cost. Matching the pot to the burner and using a lid use less energy. An induction cooktop wastes less heat than a coil or smooth-top element.

The range for this kind of appliance runs from about 1,000 to 3,000 watts. At 1 hour a day that is $5 to $16 a month, which is why checking the label on yours is worth the minute.

• Use a pot that covers the burner, and use a lid.
• Turn the burner off a few minutes early and let the residual heat finish the job.
• Use a kettle, microwave or small appliance for small jobs.

Next step: Electric oven costs. For general ideas, read how to lower your electric bill.

Other appliances in the kitchen and laundry group: Refrigerator, Freezer, Clothes Dryer, Washing Machine, Dishwasher, Microwave, Electric Oven, Chest Freezer, Electric Kettle, Air Fryer, Coffee Maker.

The cost is watts divided by 1,000, times hours, times your price per kWh. The 1,500 watts is a planning figure for this kind of appliance, set from typical product ratings, and the 1 hour is an assumed day of use. Neither is copied from a federal table. Federal guidance describes the method and warns that real wattage varies, so we publish our own typical ranges and label them as such. Prices come from EIA Form EIA-861 for 2025.

The calculation is the standard one used in the U.S. Department of Energy's consumer guidance on estimating appliance energy use. Wattage varies by product age and features, so the label on your own appliance beats any average. Read more in our methodology.