New Hampshire energy profile
Manufacturing energy costs in New Hampshire
The current industrial power rate in New Hampshire is 17.04 cents per kWh (May 2026, EIA), ranking 46 of 51 states and sitting 95.6% above the national average.
Current prices in New Hampshire
- Industrial electricity: 17.04 cents per kWh (May 2026, EIA).
- Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in New Hampshire typically pays: 20.59 cents per kWh.
- New Hampshire does not report an industrial natural gas price for the latest month; plants there should use their utility contract rate.
- Just below New Hampshire on the price ladder: New Jersey at 14.57, District of Columbia at 14.6, Connecticut at 16.76 cents. Just above: Massachusetts at 19.94, California at 20.2, Rhode Island at 22.18 cents.
What the rate does to operating cost
- A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 6,816 in electricity at New Hampshire rates versus 3,484 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 34,080 versus 17,420, and at 200 kW it is 136,320 versus 69,680.
- Power costs here punish waste. In New Hampshire, load-shifting, waste heat recovery, and idle-time elimination pay back quicker than the national math suggests, and quotes for energy-heavy work should use the local rate, not a national default.
What factory labor pays in New Hampshire
- Industrial production managers: $70.48/hr median in New Hampshire versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Industrial engineers: $48.71/hr median in New Hampshire versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Production supervisors: $38.13/hr median in New Hampshire versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Tool and die makers: $33.61/hr median in New Hampshire versus $30.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Industrial machinery mechanics: $30.84/hr median in New Hampshire versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- Welders, cutters, and brazers: $29.98/hr median in New Hampshire versus $25.84 nationally (OEWS 2025).
- New Hampshire employs about 67,000 manufacturing workers as of Jun 2026 (BLS).
Manufacturing base in New Hampshire
- New Hampshire has 1,741 manufacturing establishments employing about 68,626 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
- Largest sectors by establishment count: fabricated metal products (373), computer and electronic products (168), machinery manufacturing (146), machine shops (144), food manufacturing (133).
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 New Hampshire observation so the local price history deepens over time.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.