Cost to run a ceiling fan by state
A typical ENERGY STAR ceiling fan costs between $7.02 a year in Nevada and $26.04 in Hawaii, about 3.7 times as much. The median state is around $9.01.
“Typical” is the median annual energy use of 1,254 current ENERGY STAR certified ceiling fans (55 kWh a year) times each state’s average residential price from the U.S. EIA (August 2026). Your own rate and the exact model change the result; use the calculator on any ceiling fan page. For this product the yearly kWh is our estimate from ENERGY STAR’s listed power, assuming 8 hours a day at the average of its low-speed and high-speed power, with standby power for the other 16 hours, every day of the year.
| State | Price (¢/kWh) | Cost per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 12.72 | $7.02 | $0.59 |
| Louisiana | 12.87 | $7.10 | $0.59 |
| North Dakota | 13.31 | $7.35 | $0.61 |
| Utah | 13.31 | $7.35 | $0.61 |
| Idaho | 13.37 | $7.38 | $0.62 |
| Tennessee | 13.42 | $7.41 | $0.62 |
| Nebraska | 13.54 | $7.47 | $0.62 |
| Kentucky | 13.80 | $7.62 | $0.63 |
| Arkansas | 14.37 | $7.93 | $0.66 |
| Mississippi | 14.43 | $7.97 | $0.66 |
| Wyoming | 14.43 | $7.97 | $0.66 |
| Washington | 14.63 | $8.08 | $0.67 |
| Oklahoma | 14.82 | $8.18 | $0.68 |
| North Carolina | 14.95 | $8.25 | $0.69 |
| Florida | 14.99 | $8.27 | $0.69 |
| Arizona | 15.05 | $8.31 | $0.69 |
| South Dakota | 15.15 | $8.36 | $0.70 |
| Kansas | 15.47 | $8.54 | $0.71 |
| Montana | 15.57 | $8.59 | $0.72 |
| South Carolina | 15.76 | $8.70 | $0.72 |
| Georgia | 15.90 | $8.78 | $0.73 |
| Texas | 15.91 | $8.78 | $0.73 |
| Oregon | 15.92 | $8.79 | $0.73 |
| Missouri | 16.02 | $8.84 | $0.74 |
| West Virginia | 16.31 | $9.00 | $0.75 |
| Alabama | 16.33 | $9.01 | $0.75 |
| New Mexico | 16.51 | $9.11 | $0.76 |
| Indiana | 17.02 | $9.40 | $0.78 |
| Iowa | 17.06 | $9.42 | $0.78 |
| Colorado | 17.17 | $9.48 | $0.79 |
| Minnesota | 17.20 | $9.49 | $0.79 |
| Virginia | 17.64 | $9.74 | $0.81 |
| Delaware | 18.70 | $10.32 | $0.86 |
| Illinois | 19.32 | $10.66 | $0.89 |
| Ohio | 19.38 | $10.70 | $0.89 |
| Wisconsin | 19.41 | $10.71 | $0.89 |
| Maryland | 21.40 | $11.81 | $0.98 |
| Pennsylvania | 21.77 | $12.02 | $1.00 |
| Michigan | 22.99 | $12.69 | $1.06 |
| Vermont | 23.84 | $13.16 | $1.10 |
| Connecticut | 24.51 | $13.53 | $1.13 |
| New Jersey | 24.61 | $13.58 | $1.13 |
| District of Columbia | 25.98 | $14.34 | $1.20 |
| New Hampshire | 27.64 | $15.26 | $1.27 |
| Rhode Island | 28.18 | $15.56 | $1.30 |
| New York | 28.65 | $15.81 | $1.32 |
| Alaska | 29.41 | $16.23 | $1.35 |
| California | 29.75 | $16.42 | $1.37 |
| Massachusetts | 30.48 | $16.82 | $1.40 |
| Maine | 32.11 | $17.72 | $1.48 |
| Hawaii | 47.18 | $26.04 | $2.17 |
Sorted from the cheapest state to the most expensive. See also electricity prices by state and all ceiling fans.