Michigan energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Michigan

As of Jul 2026, industrial electricity in Michigan runs 9.81 cents per kWh. That is 0.4% more expensive than the U.S. average and places the state 25 of 51 nationally.

Current prices in Michigan

  • Industrial electricity: 9.81 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Michigan typically pays: 16.46 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 8.48 per Mcf (Jul 2026), 85.2% above the national average.
  • Just below Michigan on the price ladder: Florida at 9.17, Arizona at 9.35, Colorado at 9.54 cents. Just above: South Dakota at 9.83, Missouri at 9.87, Iowa at 9.99 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,924 in electricity at Michigan rates versus 3,908 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 19,620 versus 19,540, and at 200 kW it is 78,480 versus 78,160.
  • 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 587,000 manufacturing workers as of Aug 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 2026-09-30.