Wyoming energy profile

Manufacturing energy costs in Wyoming

As of May 2026, industrial electricity in Wyoming runs 9.12 cents per kWh. That is 4.7% more expensive than the U.S. average and places the state 27 of 51 nationally.

Current prices in Wyoming

  • Industrial electricity: 9.12 cents per kWh (May 2026, EIA).
  • Commercial electricity, the rate a warehouse or distribution center in Wyoming typically pays: 9.54 cents per kWh.
  • Industrial natural gas: 4.28 per Mcf (May 2026), 0.2% above the national average.
  • Just below Wyoming on the price ladder: Florida at 8.99, Wisconsin at 9, Indiana at 9.08 cents. Just above: Nebraska at 9.25, Michigan at 9.43, Colorado at 9.47 cents.

What the rate does to operating cost

  • A 10 kW machine running a 4,000 hour year costs about 3,648 in electricity at Wyoming rates versus 3,484 at the national average; at 50 kW the gap is 18,240 versus 17,420, and at 200 kW it is 72,960 versus 69,680.
  • 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 Jun 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 2026-05-12.