Missouri energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Missouri

Missouri plants pay 9.89 cents per kWh for industrial power as of Aug 2026, which puts the state 2.6% over the national average and 29 of 51 in the country, counting from the cheapest.

Current prices in Missouri

  • Industrial electricity: 9.89 cents per kWh (Aug 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Missouri typically pays: 12.63 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: $8.03 per Mcf (Aug 2026), 85% above the national average.
  • Just below Missouri on the price ladder: Idaho at 9.71, Arizona at 9.73, Ohio at 9.75 cents. Just above: Minnesota at 9.96, Colorado at 9.98, Virginia at 9.98 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about $3,956 in electricity at Missouri rates versus $3,856 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is $19,780 versus $19,280, and at 200 kW it is $79,120 versus $77,120.
  • Missouri sits mid-pack for power cost, so energy is neither a site-selection advantage nor a penalty. Estimates built on national averages will land close here, though demand charges and rate schedules still swing the real bill.

Cost to manufacture in Missouri

  • Missouri scores 100.3 on the MFG Calcs State Cost-to-Manufacture Index, where the U.S. is 100: the 24th lowest of 51 (Aug 2026).
  • Its labor factor (manufacturing wages) is 99.5 and its energy factor (industrial electricity) 102.6; the index weighs wages at 75% and electricity at 25% and leaves out taxes, land and incentives.

What factory labor pays in Missouri

  • Industrial production managers: $56.57/hr median in Missouri versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $47.74/hr median in Missouri versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $35.20/hr median in Missouri versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $32.40/hr median in Missouri versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Tool and die makers: $29.24/hr median in Missouri versus $30.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $28.23/hr median in Missouri versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).

Manufacturing jobs in Missouri

  • Missouri had 279,500 manufacturing jobs in Sep 2026, the 16th most of 51 (BLS State and Metro Area Employment, not seasonally adjusted).
  • That is up 0.3% from Sep 2025.

Manufacturing base in Missouri

  • Missouri has 5,460 manufacturing establishments employing about 283,563 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Average pay per manufacturing employee is $66,651, 9% below the U.S. average of $73,202.
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: fabricated metal products (999), food manufacturing (552), printing and related support (483), wood product manufacturing (412), machinery manufacturing (409).

Manufacturing economy in Missouri

  • Manufacturing added $50.9B to Missouri's economy in 2025, 10.7% of the state's GDP, the 20th largest of the 50 states and DC (BEA).

Sources and update cadence

  • Prices come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, jobs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, establishments and payroll from the Census Bureau and GDP from the Bureau of Economic Analysis; each refreshes automatically when the agency publishes, and this page archives every month and year it shows so the Missouri history keeps deepening.

Last reviewed 2026-11-13.