Hillsborough County · New Hampshire
Manchester, NH jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Manchester, NH earn a median of $45,984 a year, 3% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 3.8% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 23.2% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $45,984#29 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 71.9%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 67,182Civilian employed, age 16+
What Manchester does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance23.2%
- Manufacturing14.4%
- Retail trade12.3%
- Professional, scientific & management11.3%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food8.2%
- Finance, insurance & real estate6.9%
- Construction6.8%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities5.7%
- Other services, except public administration4.7%
- Public administration2.4%
- Information2.2%
- Wholesale trade1.9%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.2%
Related data for Manchester
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.