Facilities Planning

2006-2007 Regional Cost Factors

A regional cost factor is applied to the State Building Aid formula for contracts signed on or after July 1, 2006 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, 2006 and June 30, 2007. 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, 2006 and June 30, 2007
CO. # County Composite Index

01

Albany

40.34

1.0112

02

Allegany

37.40

1.0 (0.9373)

03

Broome

36.78

1.0 (0.9218)

04

Cattaraugus

37.93

1.0 (0.9507)

05

Cayuga

36.48

1.0 (0.9144)

06

Chautauqua

37.14

1.0 (0.9309)

07

Chemung

38.94

1.0 (0.9760)

08

Chenango

39.36

1.0 (0.9864)

09

Clinton

36.82

1.0 (0.9229)

10

Columbia

43.51

1.0904

11

Cortland

38.55

1.0 (0.9661)

12

Delaware

39.36

1.0 (0.9864)

13

Dutchess

52.60

1.3184

14

Erie

42.95

1.0764

15

Essex

37.16

1.0 (0.9313)

16

Franklin

37.29

1.0 (0.9346)

17

Fulton

40.34

1.0112

18

Genesee

43.89

1.1000

19

Greene

42.44

1.0636

20

Hamilton

39.14

1.0 (0.9810)

21

Herkimer

37.26

1.0 (0.9338)

22

Jefferson

36.36

1.0 (0.9114)

23

Lewis

36.36

1.0
(0.9144)

24

Livingston

40.37

1.0118

25

Madison

37.26

1.0 (0.9338)

26

Monroe

40.37

1.0118

27

Montgomery

40.34

1.0112

28

Nassau

66.26

1.6606

40

Niagara

43.16

1.0818

30

NYC

74.82

1.8753

41

Oneida

37.26

1.0 (0.9338)

42

Onondaga

37.86

1.0 (0.9488)

43

Ontario

40.37

1.0118

44

Orange

51.51

1.2911

45

Orleans

43.42

1.0882

46

Oswego

37.58

1.0 (0.9420)

47

Otsego

40.09

1.0048

48

Putnam

58.94

1.4773

49

Rensselaer

40.34

1.0112

50

Rockland

58.79

1.4736

52

Saratoga

39.50

1.0 (0.9900)

53

Schenectady

40.34

1.0112

54

Schoharie

40.34

1.0112

55

Schuyler

39.52

1.0 (0.9906)

56

Seneca

38.11

1.0 (0.9552)

51

St Lawrence

36.36

1.0 (0.9114)

57

Steuben

40.02

1.0031

58

Suffolk

66.26

1.6606

59

Sullivan

53.23

1.3341

60

Tioga

37.70

1.0 (0.9448)

61

Tompkins

39.77

1.0
(0.9969)

62

Ulster

52.53

1.3167

63

Warren

38.43

1.0 (0.9631)

64

Washington

38.43

1.0 (0.9631)

65

Wayne

40.37

1.0118

66

Westchester

61.82

1.5495

67

Wyoming

43.35

1.0864

68

Yates

38.11

1.0 (0.9552)

Last Updated: June 18, 2009