1999-2000 Regional Cost Factors

A regional cost factor is applied to the State Building Aid formula for contracts signed on or after July 1, 1999 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, 1999 and June 30, 2000. Please note that where the estimated regional cost factor has a value of less than 1.0 (values less than 1.0 are listed in parentheses), a regional cost factor of 1.0 will be used in the State building aid calculations.

No.

County

Composite Labor Rate

2000-2001 Regional

Cost Factor

01

Albany

30.69

1.0206

02

Allegany

28.0767

1.000 (0.9337)

03

Broome

27.7267

1.000 (0.8888)

04

Cattaraugus

28.5733

1.000 (0.9502)

05

Cayuga

27.89

1.000 (0.9275)

06

Chautauqua

28.3867

1.000 (0.944)

07

Chemung

29.17

1.000 (0.9701)

08

Chenango

29.4267

1.000 (0.9786)

09

Clinton

28.33

1.000 (0.9421)

10

Columbia

33.1267

1.1017

11

Cortland

27.89

1.000 (0.9275)

12

Delaware

29.4267

1.000 (0.9786)

13

Dutchess

35.9733

1.1963

14

Erie

33.2967

1.1073

15

Essex

28.6633

1.000 (0.9532)

16

Franklin

26.9467

1.000 (0.8961)

17

Fulton

30.69

1.0206

18

Genesee

33.0133

1.0979

19

Greene

32.8933

1.0939

20

Hamilton

30.42

1.0116

21

Herkimer

28.19

1.000 (0.9375)

22

Jefferson

27.8867

1.000 (0.9274)

23

Lewis

28.7433

1.000 (0.9559)

24

Livingston

30.75

1.0226

25

Madison

28.19

1.000 (0.9375)

26

Monroe

30.75

1.0226

27

Montgomery

30.69

1.0206

28

Nassau

49.4933

1.6459

30

New York City

56.7867

1.8885

40

Niagara

34.3067

1.1409

41

Oneida

28.1867

1.000 (0.9374)

42

Onondaga

28.58

1.000 (0.9504)

43

Ontario

30.75

1.0226

44

Orange

35.1967

1.1705

45

Orleans

33.56

1.1161

46

Oswego

30.1067

1.0012

47

Otsego

29.4267

1.000 (0.9786)

48

Putnam

37.7167

1.2543

49

Rensselaer

30.69

1.0206

50

Rockland

37.43

1.2448

51

St. Lawrence

28.7433

1.000 (0.9559)

52

Saratoga

29.9

1.000 (0.9943)

53

Schenectady

30.69

1.0206

54

Schoharie

30.69

1.0206

55

Schuyler

28.86

1.000 (0.9598)

56

Seneca

28.23

1.000 (0.9388)

57

Steuben

30.07

1.0000

58

Suffolk

49.4933

1.6459

59

Sullivan

32.86

1.0928

60

Tioga

28.94

1.000 (0.9624)

61

Tompkins

28.7833

1.000 (0.9572)

62

Ulster

34.08

1.1334

63

Warren

29.7933

1.000 (0.9908)

64

Washington

29.7933

1.000 (0.9908)

65

Wayne

30.75

1.0226

66

Westchester

45.7367

1.5210

67

Wyoming

32.7733

1.0899

68

Yates

28.23

1.000 (0.938)


Last Updated on 2/20/01
By HCM