What an electric clothes dryer costs to run in Ohio
Ohio homes use 670 kWh a year on an electric clothes dryer. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $47.15 to $66.00 a year across 3 published Ohio plans — a $18.85 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential✓ cheapesttime-of-use · tiered | $47.15 | — | 7.0¢ |
| Residential (KW11)flat rate | $56.04 | +$8.89 | 9.6¢ |
| Residential (KW10)flat rate | $66.00 | +$18.85 | 11.1¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $21.78 (Residential), dearest $30.48, a $8.70 spread
- Average — cheapest $47.15 (Residential), dearest $66.00, a $18.85 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $59.35 (Residential), dearest $83.16, a $23.81 spread
What an electric clothes dryer costs here
Across 3 plans priced in Ohio, an electric clothes dryer adds $47.15 to $66.00 a year — $3.93 to $5.50 a month. The median plan puts an electric clothes dryer at $56.04 a year.
Cheapest for an electric clothes dryer: Residential, City of Cleveland, Ohio (Utility Company). Dearest: Residential (KW10), City of Columbus, Ohio (Utility Company).
Those 670 kWh are billed at 7.0¢–9.9¢, against a 9.6¢ whole-bill average on the median plan: they land in the last tier the household reaches, so the average rate understates them by up to 0.2¢ per kWh.
What Ohio homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 670 kWh a year across 260 sampled homes that run one, near the national 680 kWh. The middle half spans 309 kWh to 843 kWh, so an electric clothes dryer varies by 534 kWh between one household and another.
The heating element and drum motor across a year of loads. That average covers homes with an electric clothes dryer — 73% of homes here.
That makes an electric clothes dryer about 7% of the electricity an Ohio home uses. The remaining 9,609 kWh is what an electric clothes dryer is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.
By provider
On each Ohio provider's cheapest plan: City of Cleveland, Ohio (Utility Company), $47.15; City of Columbus, Ohio (Utility Company), $56.04.
City of Columbus, Ohio (Utility Company) charges $8.89 a year more than City of Cleveland, Ohio (Utility Company) on Residential for the same 670 kWh.
Light and heavy use of an electric clothes dryer
A household in the lighter quarter runs an electric clothes dryer for 309 kWh a year and pays $21.78 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 843 kWh and pays $59.35 — $37.57 more for an electric clothes dryer on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Ohio, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 3 Ohio tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.
New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.
Estimate — your actual bill may differ.
Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 2, 2026.
Location resolved through the US Census Bureau Geocoder (Public domain) at 41.4993, -81.6944.