Best jobs in New Hampshire
The 25 best-scoring occupations in New Hampshire, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to New Hampshire (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How New Hampshire pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$555,670 vs $358,550 · +55.0%
$516,230 vs $328,730 · +57.0%
$137,550 vs $132,300 · +4.0%
$534,870 vs $414,010 · +29.2%
$506,010 vs $420,860 · +20.2%
$481,640 vs $391,490 · +23.0%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
120
$48,080
-1.6%
31
134
$71,510
+3.1%
30
180
$97,960
+1.9%
26
185
$72,790
+0.3%
25
209
$63,950
+3.7%
23
220
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$49,020
+4.6%
23
239
$52,580
+6.3%
21
343
$64,340
+2.3%
17
483
$47,730
+2.0%
12
503
$50,210
+1.2%
12
510
$60,340
-4.3%
11
522
$64,440
-13.7%
11
533
$47,610
-3.8%
10
541
$59,800
-19.6%
10
550
$48,110
-12.1%
10
560
$46,580
-12.0%
9
579
$48,980
-13.6%
9
582
$49,190
-9.0%
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No placeholder listings · nothing invented Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.