Merrimack County, NH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Merrimack County’s unemployment rate is 2.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 76 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Merrimack County economy

2.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.9% the month before
82,478
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
155,018
people in Merrimack County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$93,944
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Merrimack County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Merrimack 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 Merrimack 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.

Kbwfinancial11 open roles
Michels8 open roles
Meredith Village Savings Bank3 open roles
101 Bloom Energy2 open roles
Army National Guard Units2 open roles
Eversource Energy2 open roles
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys2 open roles
Granite Edvance2 open roles
Merchants Fleet2 open roles
Savings Bank of Walpole2 open roles

Colleges in Merrimack County

Colleges in Merrimack County
College	City	Type	Students
Southern New Hampshire University	Manchester	Private nonprofit 4-year	20,000+
New England College	Henniker	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Colby-Sawyer College	New London	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law	Concord	Public 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

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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.