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New Hampshire jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

New Hampshire’s unemployment rate is 2.8%. 1,295 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 0 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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New Hampshire economy

  • 2.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.1% the month before

  • 774,326

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,387,834

    people in New Hampshire

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $95,628

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 45%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

New Hampshire layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming New Hampshire in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Employers hiring most in New Hampshire

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. BAE Systems441 open roles
  2. University of New Hampshire / USNH33 open roles
  3. Celestica25 open roles
  4. Albany International23 open roles
  5. L3HARRIS Technologies18 open roles
  6. PC Connection18 open roles
  7. Hubbell15 open roles
  8. Eversource Energy11 open roles
  9. Albertsons Companies10 open roles
  10. Allegro Microsystems10 open roles
  11. BAE Systems USA10 open roles
  12. Liberty Utilities10 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in New Hampshire

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in New Hampshire

  • 15

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 88,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in New Hampshire

Largest colleges in New Hampshire
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchesterPrivate nonprofit 4-year20,000+
University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurhamPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Dartmouth CollegeHanoverPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Franklin Pierce UniversityRindgePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Keene State CollegeKeenePublic 4-year1,000–4,999
New England CollegeHennikerPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Plymouth State UniversityPlymouthPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Rivier UniversityNashuaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Saint Anselm CollegeManchesterPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineManchesterPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Antioch University-New EnglandKeenePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Colby-Sawyer CollegeNew LondonPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

All 15 New Hampshire colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving New Hampshire. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

12 American Job Centers in New Hampshire

Job fairs and business events in New Hampshire

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in New Hampshire.

Conferences in New Hampshire

Industry conferences and trade shows held in New Hampshire, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 2 with dates announced.

All conferences

New Hampshire counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

New Hampshire cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in New Hampshire?

See what to do first, what New Hampshire unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from New Hampshire’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. New Hampshire unemployment benefits.