Newport News not only provides your business with a technology-rich environment, available labor and an enviable quality of life. Doing business in Newport News is affordable as well. Look at our costs and decide for yourself.

COST OF LIVING
--Cost of Living Index, ACCRA
--Cost of Living Index, Monstermoving.com

COST OF DOING BUSINESS
--Cost Comparison with Selected Large Cities
--State Business Climate Index --

LABOR
--Bureau of Labor Statistics
----by State
----by Metropolitan Area
----by Occupational Category
------Information Technology and Office Workers
------Industrial Workers

--Ancillary Labor Costs Tables
----Workers' Compensation Costs, by Industry
----Workers' Compensation Costs, by State
----Unemployment Insurance Rates, by State
----Unemployment Insurance Rates in Virginia

HOUSING
--Comparative Cost of Housing
--Cost of Housing – Existing Single Family Homes
--Cost of Housing – Apartments and Homes
--Housing Units by Type

TAXES
--State and Local Tax Burdens on Businesses
--State and Local Tax Burdens by Selected Industry
--State Corporate Income Tax Rates
--State and Local Sales Tax Rates
--Total Taxes as a Percentage of Personal Income
--Major Tax Rates Affecting Businesses in Newport News
--Major Tax Rates Affecting Individuals in Newport News
--Newport News Development Fees

UTILITIES
--Electric Power Costs
----Incentive Pricing
--Natural Gas Prices
----Rates and tariffs
--Water Rates
--Sanitary Sewer Charges
--Storm Sewer Fees

REAL ESTATE
--Commercial and Industrial quoted Lease Rates
--Construction Cost Index