This 101-page report documents all major geographically-variable operating costs scaled to a representative metalworking facility in 66 U.S. cities. Operating cost structures are germane to a broad segment of companies engaged in metal forming and fabricating. These include custom machine shop operations providing parts fabrication, CNC machining, welding, stamping, assembly and other custom machine shop services as well as larger scale manufacturing companies engaged in the production and machining of miscellaneous metal products, parts and accessories.

Major benchmark cost centers for the metalworking industry in Connecticut, the Carolinas, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Alabama and the Pacific Northwest are included as are a series of other regional hubs of metalworking manufacturing and precision machine shop operations.

Geographically-variable operating cost differentials in the BizCosts® Report are current for 2010/2011.

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