Utah energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Utah

Utah plants pay 8.51 cents per kWh for industrial power as of Apr 2026, which puts the state 1.7% under the national average and 24 of 51 in the country, counting from the cheapest.

Current prices in Utah

  • Industrial electricity: 8.51 cents per kWh (Apr 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Utah typically pays: 10.24 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 5.44 per Mcf (Apr 2026), 11% above the national average.
  • Just below Utah on the price ladder: North Dakota at 8.21, Missouri at 8.28, Nebraska at 8.46 cents. Just above: New York at 8.62, Wyoming at 8.75, Wisconsin at 8.84 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,404 in electricity at Utah rates versus 3,464 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 17,020 versus 17,320, and at 200 kW it is 68,080 versus 69,280.
  • 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 153,000 manufacturing workers as of May 2026 (BLS).

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.