What a humidifier costs to run, by state
Portable and whole-home humidifiers.
Figures cover homes with a humidifier. Each is the difference a humidifier makes to a year’s bill on the cheapest and dearest published plan in that state, not a rate multiplied by a wattage.
Pilot data. 450 tariffs from 45 utilities, retrieved September 2, 2026. This is a sample, not national coverage — a utility missing here is one that has not been indexed yet.
| State | Used per year | Cheapest plan | Dearest plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Yorknot indexed | 121 kWh | $4.75 | $52.45 |
| Washingtonnot indexed | 106 kWh | $5.52 | $16.20 |
| Texasnot indexed | 116 kWh | $7.87 | $20.88 |
| Massachusettsnot indexed | 102 kWh | $9.84 | $34.68 |
| New Jerseynot indexed | 147 kWh | $10.17 | $40.36 |
| Minnesotanot indexed | 120 kWh | $10.36 | $19.36 |
| Georgianot indexed | 135 kWh | $11.29 | $21.84 |
| Virginianot indexed | 164 kWh | $12.38 | $40.53 |
| Arizonanot indexed | 135 kWh | $12.43 | $22.43 |
| Pennsylvanianot indexed | 130 kWh | $12.96 | $29.16 |
| Ohionot indexed | 186 kWh | $13.07 | $18.36 |
| Californianot indexed | 86 kWh | $13.32 | $44.76 |
| Coloradonot indexed | 186 kWh | $13.80 | $30.40 |
| North Carolinanot indexed | 159 kWh | $13.84 | $23.14 |
| Illinoisnot indexed | 145 kWh | $15.48 | $15.48 |
| Michigannot indexed | 158 kWh | $22.20 | $39.04 |
| Floridanot indexed | 200 kWh | $26.28 | $32.08 |