2000-2001 Regional Cost Factors

A regional cost factor is applied to the State Building Aid formula for contracts signed on or after July 1, 2000 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, 2000 and June 30, 2001. 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

31.6867

1.0282

02

Allegany

29.5433

1.0 (0.9587)

03

Broome

27.7367

1.0 (0.9001)

04

Cattaraugus

28.9767

1.0 (0.9403)

05

Cayuga

29.7100

1.0 (0.9641)

06

Chautauqua

28.9767

1.0 (0.9403)

07

Chemung

30.1633

1.0 (0.9788)

08

Chenango

30.2700

1.0 (0.9823)

09

Clinton

29.3567

1.0 (0.9526)

10

Columbia

34.2100

1.1101

11

Cortland

30.0667

1.0 (0.9757)

12

Delaware

30.2700

1.0 (0.9823)

13

Dutchess

37.4900

1.2165

14

Erie

34.4100

1.1166

15

Essex

29.6567

1.0 (0.9624)

16

Franklin

28.6333

1.0 (0.9291)

17

Fulton

31.6867

1.0282

18

Genesee

35.0167

1.1363

19

Greene

34.2100

1.1101

20

Hamilton

31.4200

1.0196

21

Herkimer

29.3567

1.0 (0.9526)

22

Jefferson

29.5733

1.0 (0.9597)

23

Lewis

30.4567

1.0 (0.9883)

24

Livingston

32.8900

1.0673

25

Madison

29.4933

1.0 (0.9571)

26

Monroe

32.8900

1.0673

27

Montgomery

31.6867

1.0282

28

Nassau

53.2367

1.7275

30

New York City

57.2933

1.8592

40

Niagara

36.3933

1.1810

41

Oneida

29.3567

1.0 (0.9526)

42

Onondaga

29.9667

1.0 (0.9724)

43

Ontario

32.5700

1.0569

44

Orange

36.8800

1.1968

45

Orleans

35.6933

1.1582

46

Oswego

30.3167

1.0 (0.9838)

47

Otsego

30.2700

1.0 (0.9823)

48

Putnam

42.0067

1.3631

49

Rensselaer

31.6867

1.0282

50

Rockland

42.1833

1.3688

51

St. Lawrence

29.5733

1.0 (0.9597)

52

Saratoga

30.8167

1.0000

53

Schenectady

31.6867

1.0282

54

Schoharie

31.6867

1.0282

55

Schuyler

30.0367

1.0 (0.9747)

56

Seneca

30.1933

1.0 (0.9798)

57

Steuben

31.0800

1.0085

58

Suffolk

53.2367

1.7275

59

Sullivan

35.9467

1.1665

60

Tioga

30.0367

1.0 (0.9747)

61

Tompkins

30.6200

1.0 (0.9936)

62

Ulster

36.8800

1.1968

63

Warren

30.7100

1.0 (0.9965)

64

Washington

30.7100

1.0 (0.9965)

65

Wayne

32.8900

1.0673

66

Westchester

47.1933

1.5314

67

Wyoming

34.5133

1.1200

68

Yates

30.5733

1.0 (0.9921)


Last Updated on 2/20/01
By HCM