What a hot tub pump costs to run in Florida
Florida homes use 439 kWh a year on a hot tub pump. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $57.60 to $70.22 a year across 5 published Florida plans — a $12.62 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
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Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSD Residential Smartsavings Experimentaltiered · demand charge · experimental | $22.18 | −$35.42 | 5.5¢ |
| GS-1 (General Service Non Demand and Non Metered)flat rate · a general-service class | $55.56 | −$2.04 | 13.3¢ |
| RS Residential Electric✓ cheapesttiered | $57.60 | — | 13.3¢ |
| RS-1 Residential Servicetiered | $62.52 | +$4.92 | 13.4¢ |
| RTR-1 Residential Service TOUtime-of-use · tiered | $70.22 | +$12.62 | 16.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $14.76 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $18.03, a $3.27 spread
- Average — cheapest $57.60 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $70.22, a $12.62 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $91.32 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $111.27, a $19.95 spread
What a hot tub pump costs here
Across 5 plans priced in Florida, a hot tub pump adds $57.60 to $70.22 a year — $4.80 to $5.85 a month. The median plan puts a hot tub pump at $62.52 a year.
Cheapest for a hot tub pump: RS Residential Electric, Jacksonville Electric Authority. Dearest: RTR-1 Residential Service TOU, Florida Power & Light Co..
Those 439 kWh are billed at 13.1¢–16.0¢, against a 13.4¢ 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 2.6¢ per kWh.
What Florida homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 439 kWh a year across 48 sampled homes that run one, near the national 484 kWh. The middle half spans 113 kWh to 695 kWh, so a hot tub pump varies by 583 kWh between one household and another.
The circulation pump and jets, separately from the water heater. That average covers homes with a hot tub — 7% of homes here.
That makes a hot tub pump about 3% of the electricity a Florida home uses. The remaining 13,551 kWh is what a hot tub pump 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 Florida provider's cheapest plan: Jacksonville Electric Authority, $57.60; Florida Power & Light Co., $62.52.
Florida Power & Light Co. charges $4.92 a year more than Jacksonville Electric Authority on RS Residential Electric for the same 439 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a hot tub pump
A household in the lighter quarter runs a hot tub pump for 113 kWh a year and pays $14.76 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 695 kWh and pays $91.32 — $76.56 more for a hot tub pump on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Florida, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 5 Florida 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 30.3322, -81.6557.