Residential electric bill
Average Electric Bill by State 2026
The average electric bill in the U.S. is $150.68 a month, about $1,808.16 a year. That is the EIA residential average for 2025, released October 7, 2026, at 17.23¢ per kWh and about 874 kWh a month.
Cities people look up
- Average electric bill in Houston$170.95
- Average electric bill in Los Angeles$154.73
- Average electric bill in New York City$154.75
- Average electric bill in Miami$167.86
- Average electric bill in Chicago$126.59
- Average electric bill in Phoenix$157.15
- Average electric bill in Philadelphia$161.90
- Average electric bill in Seattle$124.41
EIA publishes the average by state, not by city. The city pages use the state figure and say so.
All 50 states and Washington, D.C.
| Rank | State | Monthly bill | ¢/kWh | kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | $207.89 | 40.40¢ | 515 |
| 2 | Connecticut | $206.46 | 29.31¢ | 704 |
| 3 | Maryland | $184.42 | 19.53¢ | 944 |
| 4 | Alabama | $184.31 | 16.09¢ | 1,145 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $181.08 | 30.41¢ | 596 |
| 6 | Texas | $170.95 | 15.40¢ | 1,110 |
| 7 | Florida | $167.86 | 15.21¢ | 1,103 |
| 8 | Mississippi | $166.05 | 14.03¢ | 1,184 |
| 9 | Rhode Island | $165.62 | 29.48¢ | 562 |
| 10 | West Virginia | $165.13 | 15.39¢ | 1,073 |
| 11 | Virginia | $163.05 | 15.28¢ | 1,067 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | $161.90 | 19.29¢ | 839 |
| 13 | South Carolina | $161.21 | 15.12¢ | 1,066 |
| 14 | Georgia | $158.70 | 14.74¢ | 1,077 |
| 15 | Delaware | $157.80 | 17.15¢ | 920 |
| 16 | Arizona | $157.15 | 15.26¢ | 1,030 |
| 17 | New Hampshire | $156.94 | 24.53¢ | 640 |
| 18 | Tennessee | $156.03 | 13.22¢ | 1,180 |
| 19 | New York | $154.75 | 26.39¢ | 586 |
| 20 | California | $154.73 | 31.35¢ | 494 |
| 21 | Louisiana | $153.32 | 12.52¢ | 1,225 |
| 22 | New Jersey | $150.59 | 22.48¢ | 670 |
| 23 | Indiana | $149.72 | 15.96¢ | 938 |
| 24 | Ohio | $147.74 | 16.90¢ | 874 |
| 25 | Maine | $147.67 | 27.69¢ | 533 |
| 26 | Alaska | $147.18 | 26.11¢ | 564 |
| 27 | North Carolina | $146.14 | 14.00¢ | 1,044 |
| 28 | Kentucky | $143.72 | 13.13¢ | 1,094 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | $140.52 | 13.21¢ | 1,064 |
| 30 | District of Columbia | $140.05 | 21.92¢ | 639 |
| 31 | Arkansas | $138.42 | 12.87¢ | 1,076 |
| 32 | Missouri | $137.97 | 13.30¢ | 1,037 |
| 33 | Vermont | $134.78 | 22.79¢ | 591 |
| 34 | Oregon | $133.89 | 15.46¢ | 866 |
| 35 | South Dakota | $131.10 | 13.32¢ | 984 |
| 36 | Michigan | $127.17 | 20.03¢ | 635 |
| 37 | Illinois | $126.59 | 17.67¢ | 716 |
| 38 | Kansas | $126.42 | 14.44¢ | 876 |
| 39 | North Dakota | $126.40 | 11.82¢ | 1,070 |
| 40 | Washington | $124.41 | 13.17¢ | 945 |
| 41 | Wisconsin | $120.60 | 18.08¢ | 667 |
| 42 | Minnesota | $117.67 | 15.83¢ | 743 |
| 43 | Iowa | $117.30 | 13.62¢ | 861 |
| 44 | Nebraska | $117.23 | 12.05¢ | 973 |
| 45 | Nevada | $115.07 | 13.26¢ | 868 |
| 46 | Wyoming | $111.59 | 13.37¢ | 835 |
| 47 | Montana | $110.80 | 12.99¢ | 853 |
| 48 | Idaho | $110.36 | 11.83¢ | 933 |
| 49 | Colorado | $103.30 | 15.69¢ | 658 |
| 50 | Utah | $99.06 | 13.02¢ | 761 |
| 51 | New Mexico | $94.65 | 14.85¢ | 638 |
Hawaii is the highest bill and New Mexico is the lowest. A high rate and a high bill are not the same thing: California's rate is among the highest, and its bill is close to the U.S. average because homes use about half the kilowatt-hours. Source: EIA Form EIA-861, final 2025. 85 city pages use these state averages.