Unemployment Rates
| Mar-21 | Feb-21 | Mar-20 | ||
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| New Hampshire | ||||
| SA | 3.0% | 3.3% | 2.7% | |
| NSA | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.1% | |
| United States | ||||
| SA | 6.0% | 6.2% | 4.4% | |
| NSA | 6.2% | 6.6% | 4.5% |
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SA = Seasonally Adjusted
NSA = Not Seasonally Adjusted
Unemployment Claims
March 2021 |
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| Initial Claims | 15,463 |
| Continued Weeks Claimed | 59,313 |
| Average payment for a week of unemployment | $277.26 |
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The Impact on the New Hampshire Economy of a $15.00 Minimum Wage Discussion around the minimum wage has long proven to be a highly polarizing issue. Recognizing the importance of well-informed policy decisions made around minimum compensation, New Hampshire Employment Security through the Economic and Labor Market Information bureau, decided to analyze the numerous issues potentially impacted by making changes in this area. |
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New Hampshire Economic Conditions |
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New Hampshire Occupational Employment and Wages contains
wage and employment estimates for roughly 600 occupations in New Hampshire. Data
tables include job title, SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code,
estimated employment, entry level wage, mean (average) wage, median wage, and
experienced wage. Our latest print publication contains data from May 2019 -
aged to June 2020. |
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A New Gateway for Labor Market Information A new application featuring workforce and economic data has been released. The new application provides easy access to a variety of labor market, economic, and demographic data for New Hampshire. |
Recent Updates
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- Venture Capital Investments in 2020 (04/16/21)
- Registered Job Seekers by EEO category and Population Statistics tables for Affirmative Action (04/16/21)
- Consumer Price Index (CPI) (04/15/21)
- New Hampshire Current Employment Statistics (CES) (04/13/21)
- Unemployment News Release (04/13/21)
- Minimum Wage Report (04/06/21)
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) (04/01/21)
- New Hampshire Economic Conditions (03/26/21)
- Business Employment Dynamics (BED) (02/26/21)
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2020 Q3 (02/24/21)
- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization (02/01/21)
- Job Ads Summary for November/December 2020 (01/29/21)
- Employment Projections for New Hampshire Planning Regions (11/20/20)
- Veterans in New Hampshire (11/12/20)
- Apprenticeships in New Hampshire (11/09/20)
- Manufacturing in New Hampshire Fact Sheet (10/06/20)
- New Hampshire Occupational Employment and Wages 2020 (09/29/20)
- State of the Sector Analyses (09/25/20)
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