Utah energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Utah

Utah plants pay 8.1 cents per kWh for industrial power as of May 2026, which puts the state 7% under the national average and 20 of 51 in the country, counting from the cheapest.

Current prices in Utah

  • Industrial electricity: 8.1 cents per kWh (May 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Utah typically pays: 10.57 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 5.16 per Mcf (May 2026), 20.8% above the national average.
  • Just below Utah on the price ladder: North Carolina at 7.78, Alabama at 7.89, Missouri at 7.89 cents. Just above: Kansas at 8.12, North Dakota at 8.27, Oregon at 8.55 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,240 in electricity at Utah rates versus 3,484 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 16,200 versus 17,420, and at 200 kW it is 64,800 versus 69,680.
  • With rates near the national middle, Utah 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 Utah

  • Industrial production managers: $55.43/hr median in Utah versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $49.97/hr median in Utah versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $34.24/hr median in Utah versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $34.00/hr median in Utah versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $29.46/hr median in Utah versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Welders, cutters, and brazers: $28.07/hr median in Utah versus $25.84 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Utah employs about 154,000 manufacturing workers as of Jun 2026 (BLS).

Manufacturing base in Utah

  • Utah has 3,665 manufacturing establishments employing about 145,645 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: fabricated metal products (695), food manufacturing (430), furniture and related products (290), chemical manufacturing (243), printing and related support (227).

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 Utah observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.