How to sum elements of a list of lists?

An alternative is

Plus @@ # & /@ Transpose@myList

This is twice as slow for small lists like yours. For big lists it is more efficient:

biglist = RandomInteger[{0, 9}, {10000, 2}];

Plus @@ biglist // RepeatedTiming
Plus @@ # & /@ Transpose@biglist // RepeatedTiming

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For lists containing more than ~14 (n = 2) sublists my method is quicker than Plus@@. However, as @Carl Woll points out, one must consider array unpacking with certain Mathematica functions.

(a good discussion of packed versus unpacked arrays can be found here)

sublistsum1 = 
 Transpose@
 Table[Module[{list, plist, tlist, totlist, ttotlist}, 
 list = RandomInteger[{0, 9}, {x, 2}];
 plist = RepeatedTiming[Plus @@ list][[1]];
 tlist = RepeatedTiming[Plus @@ # & /@ Transpose@list][[1]];
 totlist = RepeatedTiming[Total[list]][[1]];
 ttotlist = RepeatedTiming[Total[#] & /@ Transpose@list][[1]];

 {{x, plist}, {x, tlist}, {x, totlist}, {x, ttotlist}}], 
 {x, 2, 30, 2}
 ];

ListLinePlot[sublistsum1, PlotStyle -> {Red, Blue, Green, Orange}, 
 PlotLegends -> 
  {"Plus@@...", "Plus@@#&/@Transpose@...", 
   "Total...", "Total[#]&/@Transpose@..."}, 
 AxesLabel -> {"Number of sublists\n(of length 2)", "Speed (seconds)"}]

For the Plus-based methods as the sublists get longer the advantage of transposing the data diminishes.

Regardless, Total[..] is the fastest method.

sublistsum2 = 
 Transpose@
  Table[Module[{list, plist, tlist, totlist, ttotlist}, 
   list = RandomInteger[{0, 9}, {10000, x}];
   plist = RepeatedTiming[Plus @@ list][[1]];
   tlist = RepeatedTiming[Plus @@ # & /@ Transpose@list][[1]];
   totlist = RepeatedTiming[Total[list]][[1]];
   ttotlist = RepeatedTiming[Total[#] & /@ Transpose@list][[1]];
   {{x, plist}, {x, tlist}, {x, totlist}, {x, ttotlist}}], 
   {x, 10, 70, 10}];

  ListLinePlot[sublistsum2, PlotStyle -> {Red, Blue, Green, Orange}, 
   PlotLegends -> {"Plus@@...", 
                   "Plus@@#&/@Transpose@...", 
                   "Total...", 
                   "Total[#]&/@Transpose@..."}, 
   AxesLabel -> {"Length of sublists\n\[Times]10000", "Speed (seconds)"}]

myList = {{1, 0}, {2, 3}, {4, 1}}
Plus @@ myList