Free tool
Laundry cost per load calculator
See what each load costs in detergent and electricity, what that adds up to in a year, and how much line-drying could save. Use the numbers from your detergent, your electric bill and your appliances' EnergyGuide labels. Nothing is stored.
Each load costs about
$0.87
- Per year
- $226
- Detergent per year
- $49
- Electricity per year
- $177
- Of that, the dryer
- $133
The dryer is about $133 of your $226 a year. Line-drying one more load a week would save about $27 a year.
Doesn't include water, gas or the cost of the machines. Energy use varies a lot by machine, cycle, load size and water temperature. Estimates only.
Lower the cost of every load
- Wash cold. See choose the water temperature.
- Measure detergent. See how much detergent?
- Dry smarter. See line-drying and dryer safety.