# Aluminum die-castings (US): cost structure and price drivers

Tacto Cost Reference · Data period 2026-09 · Canonical: https://intelligence.tacto.ai/agents/costs/us/aluminum-die-castings

## US

Data period 2026-09. Codes: NAICS 331523.

## Cost structure

| Element | Share | Basis |
| -- | -- | -- |
| materials | 47% | US Census, Economic Census 2022 (NAICS 331523) |
| energy | 4% | US Census, Economic Census 2022 (NAICS 331523) |
| labour | 29% | US Census, Economic Census 2022 (NAICS 331523) |
| other | 20% | US Census, Economic Census 2022 (NAICS 331523) |

## What each driver did

| Driver | Share | Series | 3 months | 12 months | 24 months |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| aluminium | 47% | Aluminum mill shapes (BLS:WPU102501) | −5.9% | +25.3% | +57.7% |
| electricity | 2% | PPI Commodity data for Fuels and related products and power-Industrial electric power, not seasonally adjusted (WPU0543) | +3.3% | +4.2% | +7.6% |
| natural gas and fuels | 1% | PPI Commodity data for Fuels and related products and power-Industrial natural gas, not seasonally adjusted (WPU0553) | −2.2% | +0.7% | +16.4% |
| wages | 29% | Average hourly earnings of all employees, manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted (CEU3000000003) | +1.1% | +3.9% | +8.1% |
| producer prices (overhead and margin) | 20% | PPI industry data for Nonferrous metal die-casting foundries, not seasonally adjusted (PCU331523331523) | +3.7% | +12.6% | +12.9% |

## What increase is justified today

| Price set | Justified today | Range |
| -- | -- | -- |
| 6 months ago | +5.2% | +3.8% to +6.6% |
| 12 months ago | +15.7% | +10.3% to +21.0% |
| 24 months ago | +32.5% | +20.8% to +44.2% |

## What producers charged

| Producer price index | Latest | 3 months | 12 months | 24 months |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| PPI industry data for Nonferrous metal die-casting foundries-Aluminum die-castings, not seasonally adjusted (PCU3315233315231, Index Jun 1983=100) | — | — | — | — |

## Sources

- US Census, Economic Census 2022 (NAICS 331523)
- Aluminum mill shapes (BLS:WPU102501, bls)
- PPI Commodity data for Fuels and related products and power-Industrial electric power, not seasonally adjusted (WPU0543, bls)
- PPI Commodity data for Fuels and related products and power-Industrial natural gas, not seasonally adjusted (WPU0553, bls)
- Average hourly earnings of all employees, manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted (CEU3000000003, bls)
- PPI industry data for Nonferrous metal die-casting foundries, not seasonally adjusted (PCU331523331523, bls)

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## Method

The cost structure splits what producers in this industry spend into materials, labour, energy and the rest, from public statistics where they exist and labelled as an estimate where they don't. Each driver is a public index. A justified increase is each share times its driver's move since the old price, summed, with a range for how sure the shares are. The producer price index shows what producers actually charged over the same time.