Facilities Planning

2005-2006 Regional Cost Factors

A regional cost factor is applied to the State Building Aid formula for contracts signed on or after July 1, 2005 to assist school districts in regions with high labor costs. The regional cost factor will be multiplied times the maximum cost allowance to arrive at a regionally adjusted maximum cost allowance. State building aid will be paid on the lesser of the actual contract expense or the regionally adjusted maximum cost allowance.

The regional cost factor is calculated by dividing the county composite labor rate by the median state-wide composite labor rate. The county composite labor rate is calculated by adding up the hourly labor rate plus supplemental benefits for carpenters, electricians and plumbers.

The table below lists the regional cost factors for contracts signed between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006. Please note that where the estimated regional cost factor has a value of less than 1.0, a regional cost factor of 1.0 will be used in the State building aid calculations.

 

Regional Cost Factors for Contracts Signed Between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006
Co. # County Composite Index

01

Albany

38.64

1.0052

02

Allegany

36.41

1.0 (0.9472)

03

Broome

35.18

1.0 (0.9151)

04

Cattaraugus

36.24

1.0 (0.9429)

05

Cayuga

35.34

1.0 (0.9194)

06

Chautauqua

36.24

1.0 (0.9429)

07

Chemung

37.52

1.0 (0.9762)

08

Chenango

38.14

1.0 (0.9922)

09

Clinton

35.61

1.0 (0.9263)

10

Columbia

41.70

1.0847

11

Cortland

36.93

1.0 (0.9607)

12

Delaware

38.14

1.0 (0.9922)

13

Dutchess

59.85

1.5570

14

Erie

41.52

1.0800

15

Essex

36.04

1.0 (0.9376)

16

Franklin

36.07

1.0 (0.9384)

17

Fulton

38.64

1.0052

18

Genesee

43.27

1.1256

19

Greene

43.88

1.1415

20

Hamilton

37.38

1.0 (0.9723)

21

Herkimer

35.68

1.0 (0.9282)

22

Jefferson

35.32

1.0 (0.9188)

23

Lewis

35.32

1.0
(0.9188)

24

Livingston

39.09

1.0168

25

Madison

35.68

1.0 (0.9282)

26

Monroe

39.09

1.0168

27

Montgomery

38.64

1.0052

28

Nassau

66.45

1.7286

40

Niagara

42.16

1.0969

30

NYC

72.85

1.8952

41

Oneida

35.68

1.0 (0.9282)

42

Onondaga

36.28

1.0 (0.9438)

43

Ontario

39.24

1.0207

44

Orange

56.26

1.4637

45

Orleans

41.31

1.0747

46

Oswego

36.09

1.0 (0.9389)

47

Otsego

38.64

1.0052

48

Putnam

61.99

1.6126

49

Rensselaer

38.64

1.0052

50

Rockland

56.50

1.4697

52

Saratoga

38.36

1.0 (0.9979)

53

Schenectady

38.64

1.0052

54

Schoharie

38.64

1.0052

55

Schuyler

37.86

1.0 (0.9848)

56

Seneca

38.14

1.0 (0.9923)

51

St Lawrence

35.32

1.0 (0.9188)

57

Steuben

38.54

1.0026

58

Suffolk

64.45

1.6766

59

Sullivan

50.48

1.3131

60

Tioga

36.11

1.0 (0.9394)

61

Tompkins

38.29

1.0
(0.9961)

62

Ulster

50.48

1.3131

63

Warren

36.91

1.0 (0.9602)

64

Washington

36.91

1.0 (0.9602)

65

Wayne

38.52

1.0021

66

Westchester

59.69

1.5528

67

Wyoming

41.90

1.0900

68

Yates

37.50

1.0 (0.9755)

Last Updated: June 18, 2009