Wyoming energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Wyoming

As of Apr 2026, industrial electricity in Wyoming runs 8.75 cents per kWh. That is 1% more expensive than the U.S. average and places the state 26 of 51 nationally.

Current prices in Wyoming

  • Industrial electricity: 8.75 cents per kWh (Apr 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Wyoming typically pays: 9.5 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 4.23 per Mcf (Apr 2026), 13.7% below the national average.
  • Just below Wyoming on the price ladder: Nebraska at 8.46, Utah at 8.51, New York at 8.62 cents. Just above: Wisconsin at 8.84, West Virginia at 8.84, Indiana at 8.86 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,500 in electricity at Wyoming rates versus 3,464 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 17,500 versus 17,320, and at 200 kW it is 70,000 versus 69,280.
  • With rates near the national middle, Wyoming 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 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 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 Wyoming observation so the local price history deepens over time.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.