Here’s a different take on utility bills, based not on rates but on median total bills paid among the users of a popular bill payment service called Doxo, that has over 10 million customers across 97% of all US zip codes.
Maryland is the most expensive state for utilities, with the median household paying $546 per month in utilities, including $189 for water and sewer, $150 electric, $127 for waste and recycling, and $80 for gas.
The sky-high water bills are doing a lot of the work of making Maryland unaffordable. Here’s how those payments compare with the rest of the country:


