Grafton County, NH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Grafton County’s unemployment rate is 2.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 35 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Grafton County economy

2.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.9% the month before
49,873
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
91,759
people in Grafton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$84,021
median household income
Source: Census ACS
48%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Grafton County layoffs

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

Employers hiring most in Grafton County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Dartmouth College6 open roles
Timken3 open roles
Enterprise Medical Recruiting2 open roles
Pyramid Global Hospitality2 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Ascendion1 open role
Autozone1 open role
Cintas1 open role
CoLab1 open role
Coldwell Banker Lifestyles1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Grafton County

Dartmouth Collegeabout 4,400 employees (2024)

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

Colleges in Grafton County

Colleges in Grafton County
College	City	Type	Students
Dartmouth College	Hanover	Private nonprofit 4-year	5,000–9,999
Plymouth State University	Plymouth	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Business and Economic Affairs, Office of Workforce Opportunity
Serves all of New Hampshire

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Monday to Friday, 8:00am. - 4:30pm.

Cities in Grafton County

Hanover17 jobs
Lebanon12 jobs
Woodsville3 jobs
Littleton2 jobs
Plymouth1 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from New Hampshire’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.