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:

Electric: New York Independent Service Operator Pricing Data

Natural Gas: U.S. Energy Information Administration