What a hot tub pump costs to run in Texas
Texas homes use 464 kWh a year on a hot tub pump. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $31.56 to $83.64 a year across 17 published Texas plans — a $52.08 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC SPACE HEATING SERVICEtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $30.16 | −$1.40 | 7.2¢ |
| RS - TOD✓ cheapesttime-of-use | $31.56 | — | 7.4¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Program - Outside Austintime-of-use · pilot programme | $32.58 | +$1.02 | 7.9¢ |
| Residential servicetime-of-use | $33.12 | +$1.56 | 7.8¢ |
| RA - Residential All-Electrictime-of-use · tiered · needs an all-electric home | $36.96 | +$5.40 | 9.3¢ |
| RE - Residential Servicetime-of-use · tiered | $44.72 | +$13.16 | 10.1¢ |
| Residential Service - TOUtime-of-use · demand charge | $46.82 | +$15.26 | 10.9¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Programtime-of-use · pilot programme | $53.05 | +$21.49 | 12.8¢ |
| Residential Service - TOU (Alternative)time-of-use | $56.71 | +$25.15 | 13.0¢ |
| Residential - Outside Austintiered | $57.12 | +$25.56 | 12.4¢ |
| Residential Net Metering Servicetime-of-use · tiered · needs on-site generation | $57.32 | +$25.76 | 11.5¢ |
| Residential Servicetime-of-use · tiered | $58.98 | +$27.42 | 13.4¢ |
| Residential LSP POLR(McAllen Service Area)flat rate | $62.16 | +$30.60 | 14.1¢ |
| Residential Service Low Incometime-of-use · tiered · low-income rate | $62.88 | +$31.32 | 13.4¢ |
| Residentialtiered | $64.80 | +$33.24 | 13.1¢ |
| Residential Low Incometiered · low-income rate | $66.12 | +$34.56 | 19.0¢ |
| Residential LSP POLRflat rate | $83.64 | +$52.08 | 18.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $12.56 (RS - TOD), dearest $33.24, a $20.68 spread
- Average — cheapest $31.56 (RS - TOD), dearest $83.64, a $52.08 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $47.02 (RS - TOD), dearest $124.68, a $77.66 spread
What a hot tub pump costs here
Across 17 plans priced in Texas, a hot tub pump adds $31.56 to $83.64 a year — $2.63 to $6.97 a month. The median plan puts a hot tub pump at $56.91 a year.
Cheapest for a hot tub pump: RS - TOD, El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico). Dearest: Residential LSP POLR, Sharyland Utilities LP.
Those 464 kWh are billed at 6.8¢–18.0¢, against a 12.7¢ 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 5.3¢ per kWh.
What Texas homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 464 kWh a year across 64 sampled homes that run one, near the national 484 kWh. The middle half spans 185 kWh to 693 kWh, so a hot tub pump varies by 508 kWh between one household and another.
The circulation pump and jets, separately from the water heater. That average covers homes with a hot tub — 6% of homes here.
That makes a hot tub pump about 3% of the electricity a Texas home uses. The remaining 12,976 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 Texas provider's cheapest plan: El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico), $31.56; City of Lubbock, Texas (Utility Company), $33.12; City of San Antonio, Texas (Utility Company), $44.72; El Paso Electric Co, $46.82; Austin Energy, $57.12; Sharyland Utilities LP, $62.16.
Sharyland Utilities LP charges $30.60 a year more than El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico) on RS - TOD for the same 464 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a hot tub pump
A household in the lighter quarter runs a hot tub pump for 185 kWh a year and pays $12.56 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 693 kWh and pays $47.02 — $34.46 more for a hot tub pump on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Texas, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 17 Texas 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 26.2034, -98.2300.