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The Electrical Price Index hasn't felt the full impat of tariffs quite yet.
April 23, 2025
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Price increases from tariffs aren't apparent yet in the latest Electrical Price Index data.
March 26, 2025
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Panelboards & Switches and Circuit Breakers, both down -1.1% for the month, and Switchgear, down -1.3% saw the biggest changes in January.
Feb. 27, 2025
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Moderation in electrical product pricing continues.
Jan. 24, 2025
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Electrical Marketing's November EPI reflects a more moderate pricing climate.
Dec. 19, 2024
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It was a particularly quiet month for EM's Electrical Price Index in October. Building Wire & Cable (+1.9%) and Telephone equipment (+1.3%) were the only categories that changed...
Nov. 21, 2024
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Switchgear logs the largest increases in September's Electrical Price Index (EPI).
Oct. 24, 2024
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While prices are moderating on a month-to-month basis, some pricing in some product categories is still coming strong year-over-year.
Sept. 26, 2024
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Electrical Marketing's EPI saw some big changes in July.
Aug. 22, 2024

Electrical Marketing Marketplace Historical Data: Updated Sept. 20, 2013

Click here for an Excel version of this data.  You can use the data below to track short- and long-term trends in these key electrical market indicators:
Sept. 20, 2013
Click here for an Excel version of this data.

You can use the data below to track short- and long-term trends in these key electrical market indicators:

  • Electrical Contractor Employment
  • Electrical Manufacturers' Shipments
  • Electrical Manufacturers' Inventories
  • Electrical Manufacturers' Inventory-to-Shipment Ratio
  • Electrical Manufacturers' New Orders
  • Electrical Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders
  • Exports of Electrical Machinery (Free alongside ship value (f.as.) in millions)

Electrical contractor employment data is in thousands of employees and comes from the U.S. Department of Labor. All electrical manufacturer data is in millions of dollars (seasonally adjusted) and comes from the U.S. Department of Commerce.