Mississippi energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Mississippi

As of Jul 2026, industrial electricity in Mississippi runs 7.66 cents per kWh. That is 21.6% cheaper than the U.S. average and places the state 7 of 51 nationally.

Current prices in Mississippi

  • Industrial electricity: 7.66 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Mississippi typically pays: 13.65 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 6.57 per Mcf (Jul 2026), 43.4% above the national average.
  • Just below Mississippi on the price ladder: Tennessee at 7.13, Kentucky at 7.51, Washington at 7.51 cents. Just above: Montana at 7.71, Arkansas at 7.84, South Carolina at 7.84 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,064 in electricity at Mississippi rates versus 3,908 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 15,320 versus 19,540, and at 200 kW it is 61,280 versus 78,160.
  • Energy is a genuine competitive advantage here: energy-intensive steps like heat treating, melting, and drying carry meaningfully lower unit cost in Mississippi than in most of the country, which strengthens make-versus-buy cases for keeping those operations in-house.

What factory labor pays in Mississippi

  • Industrial production managers: $57.05/hr median in Mississippi versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $46.07/hr median in Mississippi versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $33.04/hr median in Mississippi versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Tool and die makers: $27.87/hr median in Mississippi versus $30.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $27.77/hr median in Mississippi versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $26.71/hr median in Mississippi versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Mississippi employs about 137,000 manufacturing workers as of Aug 2026 (BLS).

Manufacturing base in Mississippi

  • Mississippi has 1,981 manufacturing establishments employing about 146,261 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: fabricated metal products (340), wood product manufacturing (210), food manufacturing (195), furniture and related products (153), printing and related support (128).

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 Mississippi observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-10-01.