What a hot tub pump costs to run in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania homes use 500 kWh a year on a hot tub pump. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $50.04 to $112.20 a year across 11 published Pennsylvania plans — a $62.16 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Service Add-On Heat Pumptime-of-use · needs a heat pump | $34.67 | −$15.37 | 8.4¢ |
| Residential Service Heatingtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $48.18 | −$1.86 | 11.2¢ |
| Residential Service✓ cheapestflat rate | $50.04 | — | 11.5¢ |
| Residential Heating Service (RH)time-of-use · needs electric heating | $50.40 | +$0.36 | 11.4¢ |
| Residential Service (R)flat rate | $58.32 | +$8.28 | 13.0¢ |
| Residential Service Add-On Heat Pumptime-of-use · needs a heat pump | $97.92 | +$47.88 | 21.1¢ |
| Residential Heating Service (RH)time-of-use · needs electric heating | $101.68 | +$51.64 | 21.6¢ |
| Residential Service Heatingtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $104.58 | +$54.54 | 22.4¢ |
| Residential Service (R) - TOUtime-of-use | $107.90 | +$57.86 | 22.9¢ |
| Residential Service (R)flat rate | $109.44 | +$59.40 | 23.2¢ |
| Residential Serviceflat rate | $112.20 | +$62.16 | 23.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $12.36 (Residential Service), dearest $27.72, a $15.36 spread
- Average — cheapest $50.04 (Residential Service), dearest $112.20, a $62.16 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $83.04 (Residential Service), dearest $186.12, a $103.08 spread
What a hot tub pump costs here
Across 11 plans priced in Pennsylvania, a hot tub pump adds $50.04 to $112.20 a year — $4.17 to $9.35 a month. The median plan puts a hot tub pump at $107.90 a year.
Cheapest for a hot tub pump: Residential Service, Duquesne Light Co. Dearest: Residential Service, Duquesne Light Co.
Those 500 kWh are billed at 10.0¢–22.4¢, against a 22.9¢ whole-bill average on the median plan, so on these plans the two rates are close.
What Pennsylvania homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 500 kWh a year across 30 sampled homes that run one, near the national 484 kWh. The middle half spans 124 kWh to 830 kWh, so a hot tub pump varies by 707 kWh between one household and another.
The circulation pump and jets, separately from the water heater. That average covers homes with a hot tub — 4% of homes here.
That makes a hot tub pump about 5% of the electricity a Pennsylvania home uses. The remaining 9,748 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 Pennsylvania provider's cheapest plan: Duquesne Light Co, $50.04; PECO Energy Co, $58.32.
PECO Energy Co charges $8.28 a year more than Duquesne Light Co on Residential Service for the same 500 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a hot tub pump
A household in the lighter quarter runs a hot tub pump for 124 kWh a year and pays $12.36 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 830 kWh and pays $83.04 — $70.68 more for a hot tub pump on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Pennsylvania, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 11 Pennsylvania 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 40.4406, -79.9959.