Average Electric Bill in Missouri
Residential · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.
That works out to about $1,741 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Missouri has the 30th highest average residential bill.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 13.87¢/kWh × 1,046 kWh ≈ $145. A state can land high on either factor — Missouri pays below the national rate but uses much more power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| Missouri | $145 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $155 | |
| Tennessee | $162 | |
| Kentucky | $154 | |
| Oklahoma | $141 | |
| Arkansas | $138 | |
| Illinois | $132 | |
| Kansas | $130 | |
| Nebraska | $121 | |
| Iowa | $119 |
Missouri is $10 a month below (-6.7%) the U.S. average of $155. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $226
- July 2025
- Lowest month
- $104
- October 2025
- Swing
- $122
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $111
- May 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Missouri peaks in July 2025 and bottoms out in October 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Missouri electricity bills in context
The average monthly residential electricity bill in Missouri since June 2025 is $145, ranking 30th among the 50 states and DC. This bill is 6.7% below the national average of $155. Missouri's price of 13.87¢/kWh is 3.97¢/kWh lower than the national average of 17.84¢/kWh, but households use 1,046 kWh per month—175 kWh more than the national average of 871 kWh. The larger usage pushes the bill up relative to the national figure, while the lower rate pulls it down; the rate advantage is the stronger force, resulting in a bill below the national level.
Over the past year, Missouri's average monthly bill has grown by 8.5%, rising from $134. Looking further back, the bill has climbed 25.2% since May 2021 and 65.2% since December 2008. Seasonal swings are pronounced: the peak falls in July 2025 at $226, while October 2025 is lowest at $104, a difference of $122 between them.
Among bordering states, Missouri's bill sits in the middle range. Nebraska and Iowa are less expensive at $121 and $119, while Kansas and Illinois cost $130 and $132. Oklahoma and Arkansas are close to Missouri at $141 and $138. Tennessee, at $162, and Kentucky, at $154, are both notably higher.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (June 2025 – May 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Missouri may pay well above or below $145. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Missouri electricity prices by sector.