Model
Whirlpool WGD9500EC*
Rank #515 means 514 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 32nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 32% of those models.
What does the Whirlpool WGD9500EC* cost to run per year?
Rank #515 of 615 puts the Whirlpool WGD9500EC* among the pricier clothes dryer models we track to keep running, at roughly $128 a year. Size-adjusted, this model trails most of its class on efficiency, ahead of just 32% of clothes dryer models we track. Its CEF of 3.48 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg DLG6481* at $127/yr runs a little cheaper and the Whirlpool WGD9500EW* 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 Whirlpool WGD9500EC*'s $128/yr adds up to roughly $1664 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Whirlpool WGD9500EW*.
By the numbers
The Whirlpool WGD9500EC* 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 Whirlpool WGD9500EC* 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 WGD9500EC* 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 Whirlpool WGD9500EC* 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 8.2 cu ft, the Whirlpool WGD9500EC* 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. Beyond size, its CEF of 3.48, below the class median of 3.93, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy factor, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- 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 WGD9500EC* cheap to run?
Its $128/yr running cost, rank #515 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 Whirlpool WGD9500EC* 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 Whirlpool WGD9500EC* for its size?
32nd percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 514 | Lg DLG6481*7.3 cu ft | $127 |
| 513 | Lg Signature DLGX9701*9 cu ft | $127 |
| 512 | Lg DLG3581*7.4 cu ft | $127 |
| 511 | Lg DLG3421*7.4 cu ft | $127 |
| 510 | Lg DLGX5801*7.4 cu ft | $127 |
Source
ES_22856_WGD9500EC*_04282016200554_3954361View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Whirlpool and WGD9500EC* 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.