2003-2004 Regional Cost Factors

A regional cost factor is applied to the State Building Aid formula for contracts signed on or after July 1, 2003 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, 2003 and June 30, 2004. 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.

 

CO. #

COUNTY

COMPOSITE

   INDEX

01

Albany

35.36

1.0 (0.9997)

02

Allegany

35.07

1.0 (0.9917)

03

Broome

31.07

1.0 (0.9355)

04

Cattaraugus

33.09

1.0 (0.8786)

05

Cayuga

32.08

1.0 (0.9069)

06

Chautauqua

32.98

1.0 (0.9326)

07

Chemung

34.18

1.0 (0.9663)

08

Chenango

34.88

1.0 (0.9863)

09

Clinton

32.92

1.0 (0.9309)

10

Columbia

38.42

1.0862

11

Cortland

33.85

1.0 (0.9570)

12

Delaware

38.74

1.0954

13

Dutchess

45.57

1.2284

14

Erie

38.67

1.0933

15

Essex

33.26

1.0 (0.9403)

16

Franklin

33.39

1.0 (0.9441)

17

Fulton

35.62

1.0071

18

Genesee

39.31

1.1116

19

Greene

42.26

1.1949

20

Hamilton

35.06

1.0 (0.9912)

21

Herkimer

32.65

1.0 (0.9230)

22

Jefferson

32.96

1.0 (0.9320)

23

Lewis

32.96

1.0 (0.9320)

24

Livingston

36.91

1.0435

25

Madison

32.65

1.0 (0.9230)

26

Monroe

36.91

1.0435

27

Montgomery

35.62

1.0071

28

Nassau

59.34

1.6779

40

Niagara

39.99

1.1307

30

NYC

66.32

1.8753

41

Oneida

32.65

1.0 (0.9230)

42

Onondaga

33.36

1.0 (0.9434)

43

Ontario

36.15

1.0220

44

Orange

48.20

1.3628

45

Orleans

40.09

1.1336

46

Oswego

33.63

1.0 (0.9509)

47

Otsego

35.38

1.0003

48

Putnam

54.17

1.5316

49

Rensselaer

35.62

1.0071

50

Rockland

52.63

1.4880

52

Saratoga

34.95

1.0 (0.9882)

53

Schenectady

35.62

1.0071

54

Schoharie

35.62

1.0071

55

Schuyler

34.81

1.0 (0.9841)

56

Seneca

34.49

1.0 (0.9751)

51

St Lawrence

32.96

1.0 (0.9320)

57

Steuben

36.38

1.0287

58

Suffolk

59.34

1.6779

59

Sullivan

45.94

1.2990

60

Tioga

32.34

1.0 (0.9145)

61

Tompkins

34.29

1.0 (0.9694)

62

Ulster

45.40

1.2837

63

Warren

34.35

1.0 (0.9713)

64

Washington

34.35

1.0 (0.9713)

65

Wayne

35.46

1.0025

66

Westchester

55.57

1.5712

67

Wyoming

39.05

1.1041

68

Yates

34.49

1.0 (0.9751)

Updated by Curt Miller
11/04/02