Average electric bill in Maryland
A typical Maryland household pays
$206a month · $2469 a year
That is 38% above the national average of $149, the 2nd highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 954 kilowatt hours a month at 21.77¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — March 2026
$312
Cheapest — October 2025
$147
The dearest month costs $164 more than the cheapest — 112% higher spread across the year rather than concentrated in one season, which usually means neither heating nor cooling dominates here.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Maryland the price per kilowatt hour is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Maryland's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 2,483,008 residential accounts in Maryland, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Maryland rate page for the underlying prices.