Oklahoma energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Oklahoma

Oklahoma plants pay 8.16 cents per kWh for industrial power as of Jul 2026, which puts the state 16.5% under the national average and 11 of 51 in the country, counting from the cheapest.

Current prices in Oklahoma

  • Industrial electricity: 8.16 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Oklahoma typically pays: 10.32 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 3.55 per Mcf (Jul 2026), 22.5% below the national average.
  • Just below Oklahoma on the price ladder: Montana at 7.71, Arkansas at 7.84, South Carolina at 7.84 cents. Just above: North Dakota at 8.21, North Carolina at 8.37, West Virginia at 8.4 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,264 in electricity at Oklahoma rates versus 3,908 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 16,320 versus 19,540, and at 200 kW it is 65,280 versus 78,160.
  • For site selection and quoting, Oklahoma sits on the favorable side of the power map. Processes that live or die on electricity cost, from electrolysis to induction heating, price out better here than in most states.

What factory labor pays in Oklahoma

  • Industrial production managers: $57.97/hr median in Oklahoma versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $46.88/hr median in Oklahoma versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $33.66/hr median in Oklahoma versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Tool and die makers: $31.67/hr median in Oklahoma versus $30.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $29.59/hr median in Oklahoma versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $24.58/hr median in Oklahoma versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Oklahoma employs about 139,000 manufacturing workers as of Aug 2026 (BLS).

Manufacturing base in Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma has 3,247 manufacturing establishments employing about 129,479 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: fabricated metal products (826), machinery manufacturing (340), food manufacturing (322), machine shops (280), printing and related support (249).

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 Oklahoma observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-09-30.