Site Selection Information
The Mohawk Valley has a diverse selection of sites and facilities for your next business expansion. Whether you are looking for a downtown office building for immediate occupancy, a rural site for future development, or something in between, you can easily find it in our listings of sites and facilities using the links below. With sites and facilities in downtown, suburban, business park and rural settings, and low costs to develop land, construct buildings and buy existing structures, you are sure to find what you need.
The Mohawk Valley is within 500 miles of 13 of the top 50 U.S. markets, and is a one-day drive from nearly half the population, personal income, business and sales in the United States and Canada.
We look forward to showing you these sites in person.
INDUSTRY CLUSTERS - LOCATION QUOTIENTS
| Industry | Utica-Rome MSA | United States |
| Information Technology & Cybersecurity | 1.04 | 1.00 |
| Aviation & Aerospace | 1.10 | 1.00 |
| Distribution & Logistics | 1.28 | 1.00 |
| Advanced Metals & Metallurgy | 3.44 | 1.00 |
| Finance & Insurance | 1.30 | 1.00 |
| Electronics & Microelectronics Manufacturing | 1.22 | 1.00 |
WAGE DATA
| Industry | Average Hourly | Average Annual |
| Information Technology & Cybersecurity | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Aviation & Aerospace | $21.03 | $44,289 |
| Distribution & Logistics | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Advanced Metals & Metallurgy | $15.19 | $33,197 |
| Finance & Insurance | $27.17 | $56,520 |
| Electronics & Microelectronics Manufacturing | $27.50 | $69,782 |
KEY INDUSTRY CLUSTER EMPLOYERS
| Finance & Insurance | Aviation & Aerospace | Distribution & Logistics |
IT & Cybersecurity | Advanced Metals & Metallurgy | Electronics & Microelectronics Manufacturing |
| Metropolitan Life | Goodrich Corp | Walmart |
Air Force Research Lab | Remington Arms | Indium |
| Defense Finance and Accounting Service | Premier Aviation | Family Dollar |
ITT Industries | International Wire | PAR Technolgy |
| Bank of America | TECT Utica | |
BAE Systems | Daimler Commerical Bus NA | JH Rhodes |
| Bank of NY Mellon | Pratt & Whitney (HMI) | |
Assured Information Systems | Speical Metals Corp | Davis Inotek |
| Utica National Insurance Co. | Lockheed Martin | |
Alion | Revere Copper Products | |
| The Hartford Insurance Group | Eastern Air Defense Sector | |
| SAES Getters | |
Electric and Natural Gas Utilities in NYS – How Deregulation Effects Economic Development
Utility customers have a choice of where they buy their energy because the purchase and sale of electric and natural gas commodity in New York State is deregulated. However, the transmission and delivery of these commodities to the end user remains in the hands of regulated utilities (e.g. National Grid, NYSEG, ConEd, etc.)
Industrial and commercial consumers are allowed to purchase their electric and/or gas commodity directly from Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) in a competitive market, or even contract for supply from several suppliers depending on their need to hedge market risks. The New York State Independent System Operator manages this market and makes the supply from over 500 generators available to millions of customers, while ensuring a reliable grid is available 24 hours 7 days a week.
Regardless, the billing is provided by the regulated delivery company, which retains the responsibility of delivery, metering, service, emergency response, etc. As a result, energy bills are bifurcated into commodity charges (which can fluctuate daily with the market), and delivery charges, which are tied to the level of consumption by the customer. Therefore, predicting the cost of energy in New York can be a bit of guesswork, but the deregulation tends to keep the commodity cost in check.
Up-to-date commodity costs may be found at:
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