Utility Bills Highest in These 10 States

A new assessment suggests that residents of Maryland have the right to complain the loudest about utility costs. The third-party bill payment service doxo crunched numbers from all the states on electricity, gas, waste, recycling, and water and found that the median monthly bill for all of the above in Maryland is $546, well above the national median of $347, reports Newsweek. The most expensive states:

1. Maryland, $546 monthly
2. Connecticut, $488
3. Massachusetts, $481
4. Washington, $466
5. Hawaii, $447
6. Alaska, $445
7. Rhode Island, $438
8. New Jersey, $435
9. Maine, $430
10. Vermont, $425

• Lowest: On the flip side, South Dakota had the lowest median monthly bill at $280, followed by Arkansas ($288), New Mexico ($288), West Virginia ($295), and Mississippi ($296).
• See the full list for breakdowns of the individual costs. Median electricity bills, for example, are highest in Hawaii at $197 a month.