Wyoming energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Wyoming

As of Jul 2026, industrial electricity in Wyoming runs 8.62 cents per kWh. That is 11.8% cheaper than the U.S. average and places the state 17 of 51 nationally.

Current prices in Wyoming

  • Industrial electricity: 8.62 cents per kWh (Jul 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Wyoming typically pays: 10.26 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 4.21 per Mcf (Jul 2026), 8.1% below the national average.
  • Just below Wyoming on the price ladder: West Virginia at 8.4, Alabama at 8.42, Kansas at 8.52 cents. Just above: Oregon at 8.92, Idaho at 9.02, Utah at 9.1 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,448 in electricity at Wyoming rates versus 3,908 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 17,240 versus 19,540, and at 200 kW it is 68,960 versus 78,160.
  • For site selection and quoting, Wyoming 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 Wyoming

  • Industrial production managers: $72.83/hr median in Wyoming versus $60.61 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial engineers: $58.69/hr median in Wyoming versus $49.25 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Production supervisors: $43.46/hr median in Wyoming versus $35.79 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Industrial machinery mechanics: $37.66/hr median in Wyoming versus $31.02 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Welders, cutters, and brazers: $30.69/hr median in Wyoming versus $25.84 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Machinists: $30.32/hr median in Wyoming versus $28.24 nationally (OEWS 2025).
  • Wyoming employs about 10,000 manufacturing workers as of Aug 2026 (BLS).

Manufacturing base in Wyoming

  • Wyoming has 600 manufacturing establishments employing about 10,171 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
  • Largest sectors by establishment count: fabricated metal products (123), food manufacturing (76), machinery manufacturing (50), machine shops (38), chemical manufacturing (38).

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 Wyoming observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-09-30.