Jobs in New Hampshire: pay, hiring and what a paycheck buys
New Hampshire has 432 open job postings from 87 employers in our data. 20.5% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $125,000 a year, 8.8% are remote and 15.6% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $125,000 posted salary in New Hampshire buys about what $120,000 buys in the average US state, because prices here run 4% above the national average.
15.6% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 18 days), 41st highest of 41 states.
17.1% of postings are entry-level, 5th of 41 states.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($56,000) is worth $53,500 in average-US dollars, 14th of 41 states.
Housing costs run 15% above the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
New Hampshire compared with similar-sized states: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
Prices in New Hampshire run 4% above the national average, and housing runs 15% above it. The official median wage for all jobs is $56,000, which is worth $53,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $125,000 is worth $120,000.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
Employers with the most openings
Mass General Brigham: 107 postings
Convenientmd: 49 postings
Eversource: 45 postings
Highwire: 17 postings
Bottomlinetechnologies: 14 postings
Federal government hiring
97 federal job announcements open to the public list New Hampshire, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $112,500. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (17), Veterans Health Administration (16), Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System (14), Department of the Air Force Headquarters (11), Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (6). Source: USAJOBS.
A posting that lists several states counts in each. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in New Hampshire. Methodology · All states (CSV)
