Model
Maytag MGD8230H**
Rank #542 means 541 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 74th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 74% of those models.
What does the Maytag MGD8230H** cost to run per year?
Among the 615 clothes dryer models we track, the Maytag MGD8230H**'s $128/yr running cost ranks it #542, in the pricier fifth of the class. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of 74% of clothes dryer models we track, a reasonably strong result for the class. At a CEF of 3.48, its combined energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Ge GTD84GC*N*** at $128/yr runs a little cheaper and the Maytag MGD7230H** at $128/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Maytag MGD8230H**'s $128/yr adds up to roughly $1664 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Whirlpool WGD8120H**.
By the numbers
The Maytag MGD8230H** normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $128/yr, here is what the Maytag MGD8230H** adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Maytag MGD8230H** costs about $1280. That is roughly $150 more than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Maytag MGD8230H** compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $128/yr, it runs about $15 a year above the class median of $113, and it is about $105 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 8.8 cu ft, the Maytag MGD8230H** is a large clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, size is usually the single biggest lever behind a running-cost figure, and at this end of the range there is more capacity to service, which tends to push the number up. Its CEF of 3.48, below the class median of 3.93, reflects combined energy factor: a higher figure means it wrings more useful work out of every kilowatt-hour, so it is the efficiency lever to weigh against raw size.
- Heat source and Combined Energy Factor (CEF). Heat-pump dryers recycle heat instead of generating it fresh with a resistance coil, and typically use meaningfully less electricity per load than a conventional resistance dryer, at the cost of a longer cycle; CEF is the federal figure that captures this.
- Drum capacity. A larger drum can dry a bigger load per cycle, but it also usually needs more energy per cycle to heat the extra air volume.
Common questions
Is the Maytag MGD8230H** cheap to run?
Its $128/yr running cost, rank #542 of 615, is above what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Maytag MGD8230H** cost per month?
About $10.63 a month, which is the $128 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 687 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $128 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Maytag MGD8230H** for its size?
74th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 541 | Ge GTD84GC*N***7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 540 | Amana NGD5800H**7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 539 | Samsung DVG50R85***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
| 538 | Samsung DVG54R72***7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 537 | Samsung DVG54R76***7.4 cu ft | $128 |
Source
ES_22856_MGD8230H**_08202019184724_6844383View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Maytag and MGD8230H** are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.