Study reveals the cheapest and most expensive electric appliances to run per year by region 

Recently collected data shows which appliances in US homes have the highest electric bills and which are the least expensive for homeowners.

The data showed that air conditioners consume the most electricity of all common appliances by a significant margin, costing Americans across the country a mere $1,000 per year to run.

Electric heaters are second only to air conditioners, but at a significantly lower annual cost of around $115 nationwide. Hair dryers and LED bulbs came last, costing $0.31 and $0.21 respectively.

The data, collected by moneytransfers.comcompared the electrical usage costs of 19 common appliances in four different regions of the country: the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West.

Running an estimated 8 hours per day, air conditioners cost Americans in the Northeast $944.64 per year, $826.56 in the Midwest, $885.60, and $1000.60 in the West.

Broken down on a monthly basis, air conditioners cost Americans across the country $88.56.

The next air conditioners were electric heaters, which cost Americans in the Northeast $115.20 per year, $100.80 in the Midwest, $108 in the South, and $129.60 in the West.

Tumble dryers followed close behind at $92.16 per year in the Northeast, $80.64 in the Midwest, $86.40 in the South and $103.68 in the West. Washing machines were close at hand and cost $69.12 per year in the Northeast, $60.48 in the Midwest, $64.80 in the West, and $77.76 in the South.

Refrigerators cost Americans between $57.12 and $73.44 per year, and dishwashers about $48.60 per year.

Microwaves cost between $8.26 and $10.37 per year, coffee makers around $16, vacuum cleaners between $7.49 and 11.67, and laptops around $13 per year.

LED TVs that are approximately 43 inches wide are $20.54 in the Northeast, $17.98 in the Midwest, $19.26 in the South, and $46.66 in the West.

Xbox One game consoles that run around four hours per day were $41.47 in the Northeast, $36.29 in the Midwest, $38.88 in the South, and $51.84 in the West.

LED light bulbs that run about four hours per day were the cheapest items to afford, costing about $3.15 per year to operate. Incandescent bulbs that ran for the same length of time, however, cost around $15 per year.

Hair dryers were among the cheapest appliances to run per year (around $3 nationwide), but that may be largely due to their low run time of about 5 minutes per day.

Equally cheap were hair straighteners, costing around $4 per year with five minutes of operation per day.

The data showed that air conditioners consume the most electricity of all common appliances by a significant margin, costing Americans across the country a mere $1,000 per year to run.

LED TVs that are approximately 42 inches wide are $20.54 in the Northeast, $17.98 in the Midwest, $19.26 in the South, and $46.66 in the West.