Maryland energy profile
Manufacturing energy costs in Maryland
The current industrial power rate in Maryland is 16.21 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA), ranking 43 of 51 states and sitting 65.9% above the national average.
Current prices in Maryland
- Industrial electricity: 16.21 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA).
- Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Maryland typically pays: 17.51 cents per kWh.
- Maryland does not report an industrial natural gas price for the latest month; plants there should use their utility contract rate.
- Just below Maryland on the price ladder: Vermont at 13.07, Maine at 13.94, New Jersey at 15.63 cents. Just above: Connecticut at 17.29, New Hampshire at 18.17, Massachusetts at 20.25 cents.
What the rate does to operating cost
- A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 6,484 in electricity at Maryland rates versus 3,908 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 32,420 versus 19,540, and at 200 kW it is 129,680 versus 78,160.
- Power costs here punish waste. In Maryland, load-shifting, waste heat recovery, and idle-time elimination pay back quicker than the national math suggests, and quotes for energy-heavy work should use the local rate, not a national default.
What factory labor pays in Maryland
- Industrial production managers: $63.72/hr median in Maryland versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Industrial engineers: $57.66/hr median in Maryland versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Production supervisors: $37.75/hr median in Maryland versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Industrial machinery mechanics: $34.55/hr median in Maryland versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Molding and casting machine setters: $30.51/hr median in Maryland versus $21.32 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Quality inspectors and testers: $29.71/hr median in Maryland versus $23.35 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Maryland employs about 112,000 manufacturing workers as of Aug 2026 (BLS).
Manufacturing base in Maryland
- Maryland has 2,838 manufacturing establishments employing about 109,929 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
- Largest sectors by establishment count: food manufacturing (400), fabricated metal products (390), printing and related support (290), computer and electronic products (169), chemical manufacturing (154).
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 Maryland observation so the local price history deepens over time.
Last reviewed 2026-09-24.