The average electric bill in every state in 2025

The Energy Information Administration's final figures for 2025 put the average US household's use at 874 kWh a month, at an average of 17.2¢ per kWh. That is a monthly bill of $150.68.

The average hides a wide range. A typical home in New Mexico paid $94.65 a month; one in Hawaii paid $207.89.

Use matters as much as price

A bill is the price per kWh times the kWh a home uses, and across the states the two pull in opposite directions: where electricity costs more, homes tend to use less.

• California had the second-highest price in the country, 31.4¢ per kWh, two and a half times Louisiana's 12.5¢. But California homes used 494 kWh a month and Louisiana homes 1,225, so their bills came out almost the same: $154.73 and $153.32.
• Alabama ranked 20th on price but fourth on the bill, at $184.31, because its homes used 1,145 kWh a month.
• Hawaii is expensive on both counts. It has the highest price, 40.4¢, and the highest bill, though its homes used the second-least electricity.

The South uses the most. Homes in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas and Florida all averaged more than 1,100 kWh a month: summers are long there, and many homes heat with electricity too. The lowest bills are in the Mountain West, where New Mexico, Utah and Colorado all averaged under $105 a month.

Every state

Sorted by the average monthly bill:

What this does not tell you

• An average home is no one's home. These figures average every residential customer, from studio apartments to all-electric houses. Your own bill depends on your home, how you heat it, and your tariff.
• Bills swing with the seasons. A monthly average hides the summer and winter peaks; does electricity cost more in summer looks at how tariffs price them.
• The price includes fixed charges. EIA divides what households paid by what they used, so the monthly fixed charge is folded into the price per kWh, and weighs most on a home that uses little. Your electricity rate is not what you think it is explains why.

How we measured this

• Source: EIA-861 final data for 2025, from EIA's table of average monthly residential bills. It covers every residential customer, including those who buy their electricity from a retail supplier, with the supplier's charges and the utility's delivery charges combined.
• Monthly bill: residential revenue divided by customers, per month. Use: sales divided by customers, per month. Price: revenue divided by sales.
• The US figures count every customer once, so states with more homes weigh more.

What to do with this

Your bill states how many kWh you used. Enter it in the calculator to price every current tariff your utility files; without a bill to hand, your state's average is a reasonable place to start.