10 States Where Your Showers Are Racking Up the Highest Utility Bills

You might not think about it as you’re lathering up, but your shower could be costing you more than you realize, depending on where you live. In some states, a single eight-minute shower can cost nearly twice as much as in others.

To find the states where an average shower racks up the highest bills, Badeloft USA considered typical monthly utility bills and standard usage estimates, including averages for water, electricity, gas and lighting for an eight-minute shower.

Based on this analysis, these are the 10 states where taking a shower is the most expensive.

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• Yearly shower cost: $108.40

• Yearly shower cost: $88.60

• Yearly shower cost: $86.47

• Yearly shower cost: $86.33

• Yearly shower cost: $79.95

• Yearly shower cost: $79.50

• Yearly shower cost: $75.70

• Yearly shower cost: $72.88

• Yearly shower cost: $62.92

• Yearly shower cost: $58.39

Editor’s note: Data was sourced from Badeloft USA and is accurate as of May 27, 2025.