Miele WXR960 Running Cost (Washing Machine)
Running cost for the Miele WXR960
ENERGY STAR certifies the Miele WXR960 at 116 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $22 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 washing machine
Against the category average of 123 kWh/yr, this model uses 5.7% less, ranking 219 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 398 washing machines 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 Miele WXR960: Miele WXR860 ($22/yr, 116 kWh/yr), then Midea MLFW53S4BBC ($22/yr, 117 kWh/yr).
Comparing Miele's own models
Of the 9 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines Miele makes, the WXR960 costs the most to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, more than Miele's cheapest, the WWD160.
Miele WXR960 over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the Miele WXR960 that long and it costs about $218 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified washing machines go, $22/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $22/year just to run, a washing machine 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. At rank 219 of 398 for running cost, see the washing machine category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.