Maytag YMEDB855D*+: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Maytag YMEDB855D*+ at 608 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $114 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 312 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $7/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Maytag YMEDB855D*+: Maytag YMEDB835D*+ ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), then Midea MLE27N4AWWC ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Comparing Maytag's own models
Ranked 31 of Maytag's 42 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the MED5500FW* ($114/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MGDB955FW* ($129/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $114/year, the Maytag YMEDB855D*+ adds up to about $1,372 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Maytag YMEDB855D*+ ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 312 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Maytag YMEDB855D*+ is also worth reading with a caveat specific to this category: the methodology page explains why ENERGY STAR's own combined-energy figure for dryers can overstate the electric bill impact of a gas model.