Samsung DW80CG545 Running Cost (Dishwasher)
What the Samsung DW80CG545 costs to run
The Samsung DW80CG545 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 239 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among dishwashers currently certified.
That $45 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 dishwasher
The category average is 232 kWh/yr; this model runs 3% above it, ranking 371 of 737 dishwashers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 737 dishwashers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $1/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 Samsung DW80CG545: Samsung DW80CG542 ($45/yr, 239 kWh/yr), then Samsung DW80R995 ($45/yr, 239 kWh/yr).
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 19 of Samsung's 22 certified dishwashers, this sits between the DW70H83YETR ($42/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DW60R2014 ($45/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Samsung DW80CG545 that long and it costs about $404 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dishwashers go, $45/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $45/year just to run, a dishwasher is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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 371 of 737, the Samsung DW80CG545 sits in the middle of the dishwasher category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.