Michigan energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Michigan

As of May 2026, industrial electricity in Michigan runs 9.43 cents per kWh. That is 8.3% more expensive than the U.S. average and places the state 29 of 51 nationally.

Current prices in Michigan

  • Industrial electricity: 9.43 cents per kWh (May 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Michigan typically pays: 16.09 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 8.69 per Mcf (May 2026), 103.5% above the national average.
  • Just below Michigan on the price ladder: Indiana at 9.08, Wyoming at 9.12, Nebraska at 9.25 cents. Just above: Colorado at 9.47, West Virginia at 9.48, New York at 9.55 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,772 in electricity at Michigan rates versus 3,484 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 18,860 versus 17,420, and at 200 kW it is 75,440 versus 69,680.
  • With rates near the national middle, Michigan 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 Michigan

  • Industrial production managers: $58.01/hr median in Michigan versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $48.89/hr median in Michigan versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $34.70/hr median in Michigan versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Tool and die makers: $31.53/hr median in Michigan versus $30.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $30.89/hr median in Michigan versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $25.17/hr median in Michigan versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Michigan employs about 586,000 manufacturing workers as of Jun 2026 (BLS).

Manufacturing base in Michigan

  • Michigan has 12,192 manufacturing establishments employing about 604,978 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: fabricated metal products (2,899), machinery manufacturing (1,913), food manufacturing (968), transportation equipment (951), machine shops (943).

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 Michigan observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.