Jobs and pay in New Hampshire

The highest-paying occupations in New Hampshire

Sorted by median annual wage — the midpoint of what people in the occupation are paid in this state, not what a newcomer earns. Occupations BLS did not release a wage for are absent rather than shown as zero.

3 further occupations are paid more than every figure below, but BLS publishes them only as $239,200 or more, its reporting cap: oral and maxillofacial surgeons, cardiologists, emergency medicine physicians. They cannot be ranked against each other, so they are named here rather than listed as identical rows.

1. Orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric$555,670
2. Surgeons, all other$534,870
3. Dermatologists$516,230
4. Radiologists$506,010
5. Anesthesiologists$481,640
6. Ophthalmologists, except pediatric$404,330
7. Physicians, all other$361,300
8. Obstetricians and gynecologists$348,140
9. Nurse anesthetists$275,980
10. Pediatricians, general$273,410
11. Family medicine physicians$268,650
12. Podiatrists$250,070
13. Psychiatrists$246,140
14. General internal medicine physicians$229,210
15. Physicists$214,030
16. Economics teachers, postsecondary$201,610
17. Dentists, general$177,480
18. Computer and information systems managers$176,540
19. Architectural and engineering managers$172,240
20. Chief executives$168,590
21. Purchasing managers$162,900
22. Financial risk specialists$158,320
23. Law teachers, postsecondary$157,800
24. Fundraising managers$157,080
25. Physician assistants$150,960

Where the jobs actually are in New Hampshire

The same list sorted by how many people are employed in each occupation, which is a different question from what it pays and usually a more useful one. High pay in an occupation employing 400 people statewide is a narrower opportunity than it looks.

1. Retail salespersons23,880 employed
2. General and operations managers22,110 employed
3. Cashiers17,250 employed
4. Registered nurses15,390 employed
5. Fast food and counter workers14,540 employed
6. Stockers and order fillers14,400 employed
7. Customer service representatives12,750 employed
8. Office clerks, general12,740 employed
9. Software developers10,840 employed
10. Waiters and waitresses10,030 employed
11. Home health and personal care aides9,440 employed
12. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners9,420 employed
13. Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive9,050 employed
14. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand8,340 employed
15. Teaching assistants, except postsecondary7,880 employed
16. Nursing assistants7,810 employed
17. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers7,600 employed
18. Cooks, restaurant7,190 employed
19. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks7,180 employed
20. Accountants and auditors7,000 employed
21. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers6,960 employed
22. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers6,610 employed
23. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators6,130 employed
24. Landscaping and groundskeeping workers6,050 employed
25. Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education5,860 employed

The best-paid New Hampshire work that typically needs no bachelor's degree

Occupations BLS reports as typically entered with an associate's degree, a postsecondary certificate, some college, a high-school diploma, or no formal credential — sorted by what they pay here. Typical is not a requirement, individual employers set their own, and many of these carry state licensing that the national figure does not capture.

1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers$129,470 · High school diploma or equivalent
2. Nuclear medicine technologists$107,890 · Associate's degree
3. Radiation therapists$106,270 · Associate's degree
4. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists$105,420 · Associate's degree
5. Diagnostic medical sonographers$103,760 · Associate's degree
6. Electrical power-line installers and repairers$102,170 · High school diploma or equivalent
7. Electrical and electronics drafters$102,070 · Associate's degree
8. Dental hygienists$101,250 · Associate's degree
9. First-line supervisors of police and detectives$100,060 · High school diploma or equivalent
10. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers$97,470 · High school diploma or equivalent
11. Respiratory therapists$95,940 · Associate's degree
12. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers$93,720 · Postsecondary nondegree award
13. Plasterers and stucco masons$93,000 · No formal educational credential
14. Postmasters and mail superintendents$92,980 · High school diploma or equivalent
15. Detectives and criminal investigators$89,290 · High school diploma or equivalent
16. Protective service workers, all other$88,960 · High school diploma or equivalent
17. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers$87,560 · High school diploma or equivalent
18. Avionics technicians$86,830 · Postsecondary nondegree award
19. Telecommunications line installers and repairers$86,370 · High school diploma or equivalent
20. First-line supervisors of correctional officers$85,550 · High school diploma or equivalent
21. Boilermakers$85,470 · High school diploma or equivalent
22. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers$85,240 · Postsecondary nondegree award
23. Radiologic technologists and technicians$84,910 · Associate's degree
24. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators$83,890 · High school diploma or equivalent
25. Funeral home managers$83,200 · Associate's degree

A certificate is a different credential from a degree, not a lesser one. CampusPin publishes the national picture of pay by entry education and which fields are actually awarded as certificates rather than degrees.

What New Hampshire does more of than the rest of the country

Location quotient: this occupation's share of New Hampshire employment divided by its share of U.S. employment. 2.0 means twice as concentrated here as nationally. It describes where the work IS — not what it pays, and not how easy it is to be hired. Limited to occupations employing at least 500 people in the state, so a tiny base cannot manufacture a large ratio.

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other lead, much more concentrated here than nationally.

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