Manufacturing in Wyoming Runs 9% Above the National Cost Average

Wyoming's manufacturing cost index stands at 109.0 against a national 100 as of August 2026 — labor at 114.9 and industrial energy at 91.3. That places it 37th cheapest of 51 jurisdictions.

• composite (US = 100): 109.0
• labor: 114.9
• industrial energy: 91.3

The composite weights labor at 75% and industrial electricity at 25%, so Wyoming's position is mostly a labor story: its labor component indexes at 114.9 against the national 100. A premium of 9 points compounds differently across shops — a labor-heavy job shop feels the labor line, an energy-hungry process plant feels the kilowatt-hours.

For a site decision the index is the starting point, not the answer: freight to customers, workforce depth, and incentives move individual cases. The per-state page carries the underlying wage and electricity series this index is built from, both refreshed automatically.