New York energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in New York

New York plants pay 10.81 cents per kWh for industrial power as of Jul 2026, which puts the state 10.6% over the national average and 35 of 51 in the country, counting from the cheapest.

Current prices in New York

  • Industrial electricity: 10.81 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in New York typically pays: 24.18 cents per kWh.
  • New York does not report an industrial natural gas price for the latest month; plants there should use their utility contract rate.
  • Just below New York on the price ladder: Virginia at 10.07, Minnesota at 10.34, Wisconsin at 10.46 cents. Just above: Ohio at 10.95, Pennsylvania at 11.04, Delaware at 11.71 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 4,324 in electricity at New York rates versus 3,908 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 21,620 versus 19,540, and at 200 kW it is 86,480 versus 78,160.
  • Power costs here punish waste. In New York, 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 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 399,000 manufacturing workers as of Aug 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 2026-09-30.