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New Hampshire: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in New Hampshire from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20262.6%#3 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20253.2%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 2025775.8K+0.7% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025751K24,723 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	3.2%	775,773	751,050	24,723
2024	2.6%	770,666	750,824	19,842
2023	2.3%	762,184	744,827	17,357
2022	2.4%	760,999	742,463	18,536
2021	3.5%	752,951	726,910	26,041
2020	6.7%	760,270	709,276	50,994
2019	2.6%	777,320	757,399	19,921
2018	2.6%	767,834	747,628	20,206
2017	2.8%	758,019	736,774	21,245
2016	2.9%	755,689	734,109	21,580
2015	3.4%	748,605	723,047	25,558
2014	4.3%	745,364	713,331	32,033
2013	5.2%	744,194	705,154	39,040
2012	5.5%	741,240	700,723	40,517
2011	5.5%	736,771	696,369	40,402
2010	6.1%	736,516	691,838	44,678
2009	6.1%	733,593	689,176	44,417
2008	3.8%	738,310	710,619	27,691
2007	3.5%	733,906	707,986	25,920
2006	3.5%	728,766	703,239	25,527
2005	3.6%	723,022	696,689	26,333
2004	3.8%	712,730	685,603	27,127
2003	4.4%	706,625	675,367	31,258
2002	4.5%	698,520	667,244	31,276
2001	3.4%	691,565	667,961	23,604
2000	2.7%	686,086	667,843	18,243
1999	2.7%	674,726	656,317	18,409
1998	2.8%	660,976	642,275	18,701
1997	3.4%	651,995	630,082	21,913
1996	3.8%	634,990	611,146	23,844
1995	3.8%	632,150	607,983	24,167
1994	4.5%	625,485	597,258	28,227
1993	6.1%	619,475	581,478	37,997
1992	7.3%	616,730	571,782	44,948
1991	6.8%	618,861	577,071	41,790
1990	5.2%	622,323	589,678	32,645
1989	3.4%	606,941	586,491	20,450
1988	2.4%	592,614	578,514	14,100
1987	2.2%	579,933	566,993	12,940
1986	2.6%	558,398	543,668	14,730
1985	3.7%	537,854	518,071	19,783
1984	4.2%	521,095	499,149	21,946
1983	5.5%	499,650	472,396	27,254
1982	6.9%	485,319	452,064	33,255
1981	5.1%	478,630	454,403	24,227
1980	4.5%	467,511	446,382	21,129
1979	3.1%	454,533	440,262	14,271
1978	3.8%	435,293	418,708	16,585
1977	5.5%	418,944	395,710	23,234
1976	6.4%	398,208	372,607	25,601

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.