Average Monthly Residential Electricity Bill by State (2024 EIA)
U.S. States by Average Monthly Residential Electricity Bill
Hawaii had the highest average monthly residential electricity bill among the 50 U.S. states in the latest complete annual U.S. Energy Information Administration table, at $212.12 per residential customer account. Connecticut ranked second at $199.66, while New Mexico had the lowest state value at $92.88.
EIA's average monthly residential bill is an aggregate per-customer-account measure derived from residential electricity revenue and customer-account data. It is not a median household bill or a survey of individual utility invoices.
This 2026 snapshot uses finalized 2024 data from EIA's Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price report. Higher monthly bills rank higher. Data checked: August 30, 2026.
Coverage: 50 states. Unit: U.S. dollars per month per residential customer account. Source mode: single official federal source. Status counts: 50 official_value, 0 calculated_value, 0 official_forecast, 0 modeled_projection.
Hawaii ranks first in the finalized 2024 EIA annual table.
New Mexico ranks 50th when states are sorted from highest to lowest.
50 official_value · 0 calculated_value · 0 official_forecast · 0 modeled_projection.
Official EIA U.S. Total from the same 2024 table; not an arithmetic mean of the 50 state rows.
A residential customer bill ranking is not an electricity price ranking
The metric compares the average dollar amount associated with a residential customer account each month. It should not be interpreted as the electricity rate alone.
Monthly bills reflect both electricity prices and consumption. A state can therefore have a relatively high bill without having the highest cents-per-kilowatthour rate, while a high-rate state can have a lower bill when average grid electricity use is lower.
For a broader all-sector price-per-kWh comparison, see U.S. States by Electricity Prices. That ranking covers retail electricity prices across sectors, while this page measures average monthly residential electricity bills in dollars.
In the finalized 2024 annual table, the EIA U.S. Total is $142.26 per month. Hawaii's $212.12 state value is $119.24 above New Mexico's $92.88.
Top 10 states by average monthly residential electricity bill
These ranks use the raw average monthly bill values published in EIA Table 5.a for 2024. No preliminary 2025 data or modeled 2026 values are included.
Top 10 states · average monthly residential electricity bill · finalized 2024 EIA data
| Rank | State | Average monthly bill | Region / Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | $212.12 | Pacific · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 2 | Connecticut | $199.66 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 3 | Alabama | $173.50 | East South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $167.20 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 5 | Maryland | $165.87 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 6 | Texas | $163.72 | West South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 7 | Rhode Island | $162.40 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 8 | California | $160.86 | Pacific · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 9 | Arizona | $160.24 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 10 | Florida | $156.09 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
Rank direction: descending. All bill values are directly published by EIA and retained at the source's two-decimal precision.
Chart: Top 20 states by average residential electricity bill
Hawaii leads at $212.12 per month, followed by Connecticut at $199.66. The chart uses the same raw values as the ranking table.
Methodology
The primary source is U.S. Energy Information Administration Table 5.a, “2024 Average Monthly Bill — Residential,” from the Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price report. The finalized 2024 annual edition was released October 7, 2025. Data availability was rechecked on August 30, 2026.
Metric
EIA average monthly residential electricity bill per customer account, expressed in U.S. dollars per month.
How EIA's bill measure works
EIA calculation basis: average monthly bill = annual residential revenue ÷ residential customer accounts ÷ 12 months. The resulting state bill values are published directly by EIA, so they are classified here as official_value rather than calculated_value.
Rank direction
States are sorted by the raw published bill value from highest to lowest. Higher monthly bill means a higher rank.
Coverage and status
All 50 states are included and all 50 values are official_value. The District of Columbia is excluded because the ranking is limited to states.
The ranking uses the bill values published in EIA Table 5.a rather than recalculating state values from separately displayed consumption and price figures. No 2025 or 2026 bill is estimated.
EIA's source table separates Pacific Contiguous from Pacific Noncontiguous geography. For the regional filter on this page, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are combined under the standard Pacific Census Division. This grouping does not affect state values or ranks.
EIA also provides 2025 early-release Form EIA-861 files, but early-release data are not yet the finalized annual Table 5.a series used here. Earlier 2024 estimates based on monthly EIA data can also differ from the finalized EIA-861 annual results. This ranking consistently uses the finalized annual 2024 bill table.
Missing values: none among the 50 states. Conflicts are not averaged. The U.S. Total of $142.26 is an official EIA aggregate used only as a national benchmark, not as an arithmetic mean of the state rows.
Limits: the metric does not measure electricity affordability relative to income, electricity price alone, annual residential spending, median customer bills, utility-specific tariffs, seasonal peak bills, customer-owned generation effects or total household energy costs.
Main ranking: all 50 states by average monthly residential electricity bill
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50 U.S. states · finalized 2024 EIA average monthly residential electricity bill
| Rank | State | Average monthly bill | Region / Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | $212.12 | Pacific · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 2 | Connecticut | $199.66 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 3 | Alabama | $173.50 | East South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $167.20 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 5 | Maryland | $165.87 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 6 | Texas | $163.72 | West South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 7 | Rhode Island | $162.40 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 8 | California | $160.86 | Pacific · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 9 | Arizona | $160.24 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 10 | Florida | $156.09 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 11 | Mississippi | $154.83 | East South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 12 | West Virginia | $154.76 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 13 | Georgia | $151.25 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 14 | Delaware | $150.87 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 15 | South Carolina | $149.51 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 16 | Virginia | $148.77 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | $145.17 | Middle Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 18 | New Hampshire | $144.87 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 19 | Alaska | $143.54 | Pacific · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 20 | North Carolina | $143.50 | South Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 21 | Tennessee | $143.32 | East South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 22 | Louisiana | $140.96 | West South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 23 | New York | $139.53 | Middle Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 24 | Nevada | $139.39 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 25 | Ohio | $135.16 | East North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 26 | Kentucky | $133.81 | East South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 27 | Maine | $133.60 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 28 | Indiana | $133.06 | East North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 29 | Oklahoma | $132.05 | West South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 30 | Oregon | $129.62 | Pacific · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 31 | Missouri | $129.18 | West North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 32 | Arkansas | $129.13 | West South Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 33 | New Jersey | $128.13 | Middle Atlantic · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 34 | South Dakota | $127.81 | West North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 35 | Vermont | $125.66 | New England · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 36 | Kansas | $123.90 | West North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 37 | Michigan | $119.31 | East North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 38 | North Dakota | $118.38 | West North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 39 | Washington | $113.68 | Pacific · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 40 | Iowa | $111.54 | West North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 41 | Wisconsin | $110.87 | East North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 42 | Nebraska | $110.28 | West North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 43 | Minnesota | $110.06 | West North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 44 | Illinois | $109.99 | East North Central · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 45 | Idaho | $108.73 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 46 | Montana | $107.91 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 47 | Wyoming | $107.65 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 48 | Colorado | $100.57 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 49 | Utah | $94.57 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
| 50 | New Mexico | $92.88 | Mountain · official_value · U.S. EIA Table 5.a · source 2024 · target 2024. |
All 50 values are official_value from U.S. EIA Table 5.a, source year 2024 and target year 2024. Ranks use the raw published bill values.
Insights from the state electricity bill ranking
Key Insight
Hawaii is the only state above $200 per month in the finalized 2024 table, at $212.12. Connecticut follows at $199.66.
Notable Pattern
The six lowest-ranked states are all in the Mountain Census Division: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico.
Regional/Source Concentration
Eight of the Top 20 states are in the South Atlantic Division: Maryland, Florida, West Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia and North Carolina. Every row comes from the same EIA annual table.
Outlier
The difference between Hawaii and New Mexico is $119.24 per month. The ranking shows the size of that gap but does not by itself establish its causes.
What the ranking means
A high rank means the state's average residential customer account had a higher monthly electricity bill in the EIA annual data. It does not necessarily mean the state had the highest electricity rate because bills reflect both price and electricity consumption.
Individual customer bills can differ substantially from the statewide average because of utility territory, tariff structure, housing characteristics, weather, electricity use and customer-owned generation. The figures are best used for state-level comparison, not as a prediction of a specific customer's bill.
For a broader all-sector price-per-kWh comparison, see U.S. States by Electricity Prices.
FAQ
Which state has the highest average monthly residential electricity bill?
Hawaii ranks first in the finalized 2024 EIA annual table at $212.12 per residential customer account per month.
Which state has the lowest average residential electricity bill?
New Mexico ranks lowest among the 50 states at $92.88 per month. Utah is next at $94.57.
Are these 2026 electricity bills?
No. This is a 2026 snapshot using finalized 2024 EIA annual data. Data availability was checked on August 30, 2026.
Why does the ranking use 2024 rather than preliminary 2025 data?
The ranking uses the finalized annual EIA residential bill table consistently across all 50 states. EIA's 2025 early-release Form EIA-861 files are not mixed into this finalized 2024 series.
Is average monthly bill the same as electricity price?
No. Electricity price is usually expressed in cents per kilowatthour. The average monthly bill is a dollar-per-customer-account measure that reflects both price and consumption.
Are these values published by EIA or calculated by StatRanker?
All 50 bill values are directly published by EIA and are classified as official_value. StatRanker sorts those published values from highest to lowest to produce the ranking.
Is the District of Columbia included?
No. EIA publishes a District of Columbia value, but this ranking is limited to the 50 U.S. states.
Sources
U.S. Energy Information Administration — Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price
Official annual publication landing page used to verify the current finalized data edition, release information and available tables.
EIA Table 5.a — 2024 Average Monthly Bill, Residential
Primary numeric source for all 50 state bill values and the U.S. Total benchmark used in this ranking.
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/sales_revenue_price/pdf/table_5A.pdf
EIA Form EIA-861 Detailed Data
Official documentation and annual detailed data environment used to distinguish finalized annual data from early-release files.
EIA — Average monthly electricity bill methodology context
Official EIA explanation of the relationship among residential electricity revenue, customer accounts, electricity use, price and average monthly bills.
