Facilities Planning

2008-2009 Regional Cost Factors

A regional cost factor is applied to the State Building Aid formula for contracts signed on or after July 1, 2008 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, 2008 and June 30, 2009. 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, 2008 and June 30, 2009
Co. # County Composite Index
01 Albany 44.28 1.0215
02 Allegany 40.62 1.0 (0.9372)
03 Broome 40.37 1.0 (0.9315)
04 Cattaraugus 40.15 1.0 (0.9264)
05 Cayuga 39.67 1.0 (0.9153)
06 Chautauqua 40.15 1.0 (0.9264)
07 Chemung 42.54 1.0 (0.9814)
08 Chenango 42.85 1.0 (0.9885)
09 Clinton 40.61 1.0 (0.9369)
10 Columbia 47.41 1.0938
11 Cortland 42.05 1.0 (0.9702)
12 Delaware 42.85 1.0 (0.9885)
13 Dutchess 69.58 1.6053
14 Erie 46.23 1.0667
15 Essex 40.94 1.0 (0.9446)
16 Franklin 41.07 1.0 (0.9476)
17 Fulton 44.28 1.0215
18 Genesee 46.33 1.0689
19 Greene 51.64 1.1913
20 Hamilton 43.56 1.0049
21 Herkimer 40.65 1.0 (0.9379)
22 Jefferson 39.59 1.0 (0.9134)
23 Lewis 39.59 1.0 (0.9134)
24 Livingston 43.79 1.0103
25 Madison 40.65 1.0 (0.9379)
26 Monroe 43.79 1.0103
27 Montgomery 44.28 1.0215
28 Nassau 71.33 1.6458
30 NYC 80.57 1.8588
40 Niagara 46.12 1.0641
41 Oneida 40.65 1.0 (0.9379)
42 Onondaga 41.30 1.0 (0.9528)
43 Ontario 43.79 1.0103
44 Orange 58.70 1.3544
45 Orleans 45.86 1.0580
46 Oswego 40.81 1.0 (0.9415)
47 Otsego 43.16 1.0 (0.9957)
48 Putnam 64.45 1.4869
49 Rensselaer 44.28 1.0215
50 Rockland 63.29 1.4601
52 Saratoga 42.72 1.0 (0.9855)
53 Schenectady 44.28 1.0215
54 Schoharie 44.28 1.0215
55 Schuyler 43.37 1.0006
56 Seneca 42.87 1.0 (0.9890)
51 St. Lawrence 39.59 1.0 (0.9134)
57 Steuben 43.52 1.0040
58 Suffolk 71.33 1.6458
59 Sullivan 51.83 1.1959
60 Tioga 41.51 1.0 (0.9576)
61 Tompkins 43.20 1.0 (0.9967)
62 Ulster 58.18 1.3424
63 Warren 42.04 1.0 (0.9700)
64 Washington 42.04 1.0 (0.9700)
65 Wayne 43.79 1.0103
66 Westchester 69.58 1.6054
67 Wyoming 43.32 1.0 (0.9994)
68 Yates 41.07 1.0 (0.9476)
Last Updated: June 18, 2009