Nebraska energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Nebraska

The current industrial power rate in Nebraska is 10 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA), ranking 29 of 51 states and sitting 2.4% above the national average.

Current prices in Nebraska

  • Industrial electricity: 10 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Nebraska typically pays: 9.39 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 4.99 per Mcf (Jul 2026), 9% above the national average.
  • Just below Nebraska on the price ladder: South Dakota at 9.83, Missouri at 9.87, Iowa at 9.99 cents. Just above: Georgia at 10.03, Nevada at 10.04, Virginia at 10.07 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 4,000 in electricity at Nebraska rates versus 3,908 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 20,000 versus 19,540, and at 200 kW it is 80,000 versus 78,160.
  • Nebraska 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.

What factory labor pays in Nebraska

  • Industrial production managers: $51.54/hr median in Nebraska versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $47.20/hr median in Nebraska versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $34.71/hr median in Nebraska versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Tool and die makers: $33.24/hr median in Nebraska versus $30.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $30.82/hr median in Nebraska versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $26.86/hr median in Nebraska versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Nebraska employs about 97,000 manufacturing workers as of Aug 2026 (BLS).

Manufacturing base in Nebraska

  • Nebraska has 1,761 manufacturing establishments employing about 104,418 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: food manufacturing (309), fabricated metal products (279), machinery manufacturing (186), printing and related support (145), chemical manufacturing (107).

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 Nebraska observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-09-30.