Georgia energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Georgia

Georgia plants pay 10.03 cents per kWh for industrial power as of Jul 2026, which puts the state 2.7% over the national average and 30 of 51 in the country, counting from the cheapest.

Current prices in Georgia

  • Industrial electricity: 10.03 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Georgia typically pays: 12.54 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 6.89 per Mcf (Jul 2026), 50.4% above the national average.
  • Just below Georgia on the price ladder: Missouri at 9.87, Iowa at 9.99, Nebraska at 10 cents. Just above: Nevada at 10.04, Virginia at 10.07, Minnesota at 10.34 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 4,012 in electricity at Georgia rates versus 3,908 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 20,060 versus 19,540, and at 200 kW it is 80,240 versus 78,160.
  • With rates near the national middle, Georgia plants can use U.S.-average defaults for rough estimates, then refine against the utility tariff. The bigger lever is usually consumption, not the rate.

What factory labor pays in Georgia

  • Industrial production managers: $61.45/hr median in Georgia versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $48.12/hr median in Georgia versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $33.25/hr median in Georgia versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $29.39/hr median in Georgia versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Tool and die makers: $28.86/hr median in Georgia versus $30.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $25.29/hr median in Georgia versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Georgia employs about 426,000 manufacturing workers as of Aug 2026 (BLS).

Manufacturing base in Georgia

  • Georgia has 7,874 manufacturing establishments employing about 409,333 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: fabricated metal products (1,227), food manufacturing (766), printing and related support (708), chemical manufacturing (493), furniture and related products (467).

Sources and update cadence

  • Prices come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and refresh automatically when the agency publishes; this page also archives each month's Georgia observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-09-30.