New York energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in New York

New York plants pay 9.55 cents per kWh for industrial power as of May 2026, which puts the state 9.6% over the national average and 32 of 51 in the country, counting from the cheapest.

Current prices in New York

  • Industrial electricity: 9.55 cents per kWh (May 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in New York typically pays: 22.4 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 16.73 per Mcf (May 2026), 291.8% above the national average.
  • Just below New York on the price ladder: Michigan at 9.43, Colorado at 9.47, West Virginia at 9.48 cents. Just above: South Dakota at 9.78, Minnesota at 9.8, Ohio at 9.87 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,820 in electricity at New York rates versus 3,484 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 19,100 versus 17,420, and at 200 kW it is 76,400 versus 69,680.
  • With rates near the national middle, New York 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 New York

  • Industrial production managers: $62.73/hr median in New York versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $49.34/hr median in New York versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $37.78/hr median in New York versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $33.53/hr median in New York versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Tool and die makers: $32.73/hr median in New York versus $30.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $29.29/hr median in New York versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • New York employs about 401,000 manufacturing workers as of Jun 2026 (BLS).

Manufacturing base in New York

  • New York has 13,837 manufacturing establishments employing about 411,439 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: food manufacturing (2,118), fabricated metal products (2,064), printing and related support (1,308), furniture and related products (822), machinery manufacturing (749).

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 York observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.