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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Northeast > New Hampshire

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News Releases:
Dec
12
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — September 2025

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.3 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, metropolitan area for the year ending in September 2025.

Sep
22
New Hampshire Job Openings and Labor Turnover — July 2025

In July 2025, New Hampshire had 34,000 job openings, at a rate of 4.6 percent. The unemployed-per-job-opening ratio was 0.7.

Sep
16
County Employment and Wages in New Hampshire — First Quarter 2025

Employment declined in the three largest counties in New Hampshire —Merrimack, Hillsborough, and Rockingham—from March 2024 to March 2025.

New Hampshire Economy at a Glance:
New Hampshire
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Data		 Apr
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2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 777.3 776.8 776.2 775.2 775.1 775.0

Employment(1)

 753.1 752.6 752.2 751.3 751.6 751.5

Unemployment(1)

 24.2 24.2 24.0 23.9 23.5 23.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 709.4 711.0 710.3 708.7 706.8 (p)708.7

12-month % change

 1.1 1.7 0.7 0.6 0.1 (p)0.6

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.9

12-month % change

 -11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 32.3 32.5 32.2 32.3 32.0 (p)32.3

12-month % change

 0.3 0.9 -0.6 0.0 -1.2 (p)-0.6

Manufacturing(3)

 68.2 67.9 67.8 67.8 67.7 (p)67.9

12-month % change

 -1.7 -1.7 -1.5 -1.2 -1.2 (p)-0.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 139.1 139.0 138.9 139.1 138.8 (p)138.4

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.5 -0.6 -0.4 -0.7 (p)-0.9

Information(3)

 10.9 10.9 11.0 10.9 10.8 (p)10.8

12-month % change

 -4.4 -4.4 -2.7 -2.7 -3.6 (p)-4.4

Financial Activities(3)

 33.9 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 (p)34.0

12-month % change

 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 (p)0.6

Professional & Business Services(3)

 101.5 101.2 102.5 101.9 102.4 (p)103.3

12-month % change

 2.0 1.5 2.9 2.6 3.2 (p)3.7

Education & Health Services(3)

 132.4 133.0 132.6 133.4 133.2 (p)134.2

12-month % change

 3.9 6.8 3.0 3.5 3.2 (p)4.0

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 76.5 75.9 75.0 74.4 73.6 (p)72.8

12-month % change

 2.5 -0.4 -2.2 -1.7 -2.3 (p)-3.3

Other Services(3)

 25.5 25.7 26.0 25.7 25.5 (p)26.2

12-month % change

 0.8 1.6 2.4 1.2 0.4 (p)3.1

Government(3)

 88.3 90.2 89.6 88.5 88.1 (p)87.9

12-month % change

 0.8 4.8 1.7 -0.4 -2.9 (p)-0.7

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Manchester Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2025
Boston Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2025
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Northeast - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Dec 2025
Northeast Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2025
Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — December 2024 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2025
County Employment and Wages in New Hampshire — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — August 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — July 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Aug 2025
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2022
Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table May 2022
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — September 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Dec 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Manchester-Nashua — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2025
Union Members in New Hampshire — 2022 Employment News Release Feb 2023
New Hampshire Job Openings and Labor Turnover — July 2025 Employment News Release Sep 2025
Business Employment Dynamics in New Hampshire — First Quarter 2024 Employment News Release Nov 2024