Model
Maytag YMED8200FW*
Rank #299 means 298 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 50th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 50% of those models.
What does the Maytag YMED8200FW* cost to run per year?
The Maytag YMED8200FW* costs about $113 a year to run, a middle-of-the-pack figure at rank #299 of 615. Once capacity is factored in, its efficiency percentile of 50 is fairly typical for the class, neither a standout nor a laggard. The CEF figure of 3.93 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Maytag YMED8200FC* at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Maytag MED5500FW* 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 Maytag YMED8200FW*'s $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Amana NED5800H**.
By the numbers
The Maytag YMED8200FW* 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 Maytag YMED8200FW* 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 YMED8200FW* 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 Maytag YMED8200FW* 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 7.4 cu ft, the Maytag YMED8200FW* is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, at the small end of the class, capacity itself is doing a lot of the work to keep that figure down, separate from how efficient the unit actually is. Its CEF of 3.93, above 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). CEF combines drying performance with standby and off-mode energy use; for a given drum size, a higher CEF means less energy per pound of laundry dried, and heat-pump models usually post the highest figures in the class.
- Drum capacity. Drum capacity sets how much laundry one cycle can hold, and heating a bigger volume of air generally costs more energy per cycle.
Common questions
Is the Maytag YMED8200FW* cheap to run?
It is about average. At $113 a year it ranks #299 of 615 clothes dryer models we track, close to the middle of its class on running cost.
How much does the Maytag YMED8200FW* cost per month?
Roughly $9.4/mo, spreading the $113/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 608 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $113 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Maytag YMED8200FW* for its size?
50th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 204 | Maytag YMED8200FC*7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 203 | Maytag MED8150EW*7.3 cu ft | $113 |
| 202 | Maytag MED8150EC*7.3 cu ft | $113 |
| 201 | Maytag YMED8100D*+7.3 cu ft | $113 |
| 200 | Maytag YMED7100D*+7.3 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_22856_YMED8200FW*_04282016182054_7654622View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Maytag and YMED8200FW* 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.