How much of income goes to electricity?
A bill of $150 means different things in different households. Here is the typical yearly electricity bill next to what a typical household earns, state by state.
Where electricity takes the biggest bite
Mississippi spends 3.63% of median household income on electricity energy cost, Utah 1.33%. Click a state for its full bill page.
- 1.3% to 1.9%
- 1.9% to 2.1%
- 2.1% to 2.5%
- 2.5% to 2.7%
- 2.7% to 3.6%
All states
| Mississippi | 3.63% | $166 | $54,915 | 1,183 | 14.03 |
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| Alabama | 3.59% | $185 | $62,027 | 1,152 | 16.10 |
| West Virginia | 3.43% | $165 | $57,917 | 1,073 | 15.41 |
| Louisiana | 3.08% | $154 | $60,023 | 1,227 | 12.57 |
| South Carolina | 2.89% | $161 | $66,818 | 1,076 | 14.96 |
| Kentucky | 2.88% | $150 | $62,417 | 1,132 | 13.24 |
| Tennessee | 2.87% | $160 | $67,097 | 1,217 | 13.18 |
| Arkansas | 2.82% | $138 | $58,773 | 1,074 | 12.84 |
| Florida | 2.80% | $167 | $71,711 | 1,099 | 15.24 |
| Texas | 2.72% | $173 | $76,292 | 1,118 | 15.47 |
| Indiana | 2.66% | $155 | $70,051 | 957 | 16.23 |
| Connecticut | 2.65% | $207 | $93,760 | 705 | 29.38 |
| Oklahoma | 2.65% | $140 | $63,603 | 1,071 | 13.12 |
| Georgia | 2.58% | $161 | $74,664 | 1,091 | 14.73 |
| Ohio | 2.58% | $150 | $69,680 | 883 | 16.96 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.56% | $163 | $76,081 | 843 | 19.30 |
| Hawaii | 2.53% | $207 | $98,317 | 511 | 40.59 |
| North Carolina | 2.51% | $146 | $69,904 | 1,044 | 14.02 |
| Missouri | 2.50% | $143 | $68,920 | 1,063 | 13.49 |
| Maine | 2.47% | $148 | $71,773 | 532 | 27.78 |
| Arizona | 2.46% | $158 | $76,872 | 1,030 | 15.32 |
| Delaware | 2.31% | $160 | $82,855 | 932 | 17.13 |
| Rhode Island | 2.30% | $166 | $86,372 | 562 | 29.46 |
| South Dakota | 2.23% | $134 | $72,421 | 1,005 | 13.38 |
| New York | 2.19% | $155 | $84,578 | 586 | 26.39 |
| Maryland | 2.18% | $185 | $101,652 | 948 | 19.48 |
| Massachusetts | 2.17% | $183 | $101,341 | 600 | 30.48 |
| Virginia | 2.15% | $163 | $90,974 | 1,067 | 15.28 |
| Michigan | 2.14% | $127 | $71,149 | 634 | 20.01 |
| Kansas | 2.12% | $128 | $72,639 | 880 | 14.56 |
| Vermont | 2.09% | $136 | $78,024 | 594 | 22.92 |
| North Dakota | 2.00% | $127 | $75,949 | 1,073 | 11.81 |
| Oregon | 2.00% | $134 | $80,426 | 873 | 15.37 |
| Alaska | 1.98% | $147 | $89,336 | 564 | 26.09 |
| New Hampshire | 1.97% | $157 | $95,628 | 639 | 24.56 |
| California | 1.95% | $156 | $96,334 | 480 | 32.54 |
| Iowa | 1.93% | $118 | $73,147 | 857 | 13.72 |
| Wisconsin | 1.92% | $121 | $75,670 | 666 | 18.16 |
| Nebraska | 1.92% | $120 | $74,985 | 971 | 12.34 |
| New Mexico | 1.90% | $99 | $62,125 | 654 | 15.08 |
| Montana | 1.90% | $111 | $69,922 | 853 | 12.98 |
| Illinois | 1.87% | $128 | $81,702 | 722 | 17.69 |
| Wyoming | 1.82% | $114 | $74,815 | 850 | 13.38 |
| Nevada | 1.82% | $114 | $75,561 | 870 | 13.15 |
| New Jersey | 1.78% | $150 | $101,050 | 664 | 22.63 |
| Idaho | 1.77% | $110 | $74,636 | 933 | 11.82 |
| Minnesota | 1.61% | $117 | $87,556 | 742 | 15.82 |
| District of Columbia | 1.58% | $140 | $106,287 | 639 | 21.94 |
| Washington | 1.58% | $125 | $94,952 | 955 | 13.11 |
| Colorado | 1.39% | $107 | $92,470 | 678 | 15.85 |
| Utah | 1.33% | $102 | $91,750 | 777 | 13.07 |
States, 2025 bills and 2023 incomes: EIA retail sales, Census ACS 2023.
CSVHow it is calculated
Typical bill = average kWh per account times price, from EIA monthly data for 2025, times twelve. Income is the ACS 2023 median household income for the state. Fixed charges, taxes and other fuels are not included, so this is a floor for the energy burden, not the whole of it.