Model
Whirlpool WED9500EW*
Rank #254 means 253 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 90th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 90% of those models.
What does the Whirlpool WED9500EW* cost to run per year?
At about $113 a year, the Whirlpool WED9500EW* lands in the middle third of clothes dryer models we track on running cost, rank #254 of 615. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 90 means the low running cost is not just a function of size; it is genuinely efficient for its class. Its CEF of 3.93 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Whirlpool WED9500EC* at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Whirlpool YWED9500EC* at $113/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 Whirlpool WED9500EW*'s $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Kenmore C6163*61*.
By the numbers
The Whirlpool WED9500EW* 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 $113/yr, here is what the Whirlpool WED9500EW* adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Whirlpool WED9500EW* costs about $1130. That is roughly $0 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Whirlpool WED9500EW* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $113/yr, it sits right on the class median of $113, and it is about $90 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 9.2 cu ft, the Whirlpool WED9500EW* 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, and larger clothes dryer models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light. The CEF of 3.93 on this model, above the class median of 3.93, measures combined energy factor; it is the number to compare directly against another model's CEF if capacity is similar.
- 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 Whirlpool WED9500EW* cheap to run?
Roughly, yes. Its $113/yr figure is close to the class median, ranking #254 of 615, neither a bargain nor a splurge on running cost.
How much does the Whirlpool WED9500EW* cost per month?
About $9.4 a month, which is the $113 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: 608 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $113 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Whirlpool WED9500EW* for its size?
90th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
Source
ES_22856_WED9500EW*_05032016231046_7046045View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Whirlpool and WED9500EW* 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.