New Hampshire · individual fact

New Hampshire unemployment rate

State unemployment, employed residents, broader underutilization, and employment growth.

Annual unemployment rate2.6%2024 · #47 of 50 · highest first
Civilian employed residents750,8242024 · #40 of 50 · highest first
U-1 · unemployed 15 weeks or longer1.2%2025 · 11-month average · #33 of 50 · highest first

New Hampshire over time

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Major events & context · A curated selection, including uncertain effects. Milestone dates do not establish that an event caused a New Hampshire change.

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Annual unemployment rate New Hampshire · source units
New HampshirePublished U.S. benchmark

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Annual unemployment rate2024: 2.6%1.3%4.5%7.7%New Hampshire, 2015: 3.4%New Hampshire, 2016: 2.9%New Hampshire, 2017: 2.8%New Hampshire, 2018: 2.6%New Hampshire, 2019: 2.6%New Hampshire, 2020: 6.7%New Hampshire, 2021: 3.5%New Hampshire, 2022: 2.4%New Hampshire, 2023: 2.3%New Hampshire, 2024: 2.6%201520192024
✦ Major events & context · 15National context · COVID-19 pandemic · 2020-03-11COVID-19 pandemicNational context · CARES Act expands unemployment support · 2020-03-27CARES unemployment aidNational context · First U.S. COVID-19 vaccine authorization · 2020-12-11COVID vaccine authorizationNational context · American Rescue Plan extends pandemic unemployment benefits · 2021-03-11Pandemic benefits extendedNational context · Federal pandemic unemployment programs reach their cutoff · 2021-09-06Pandemic benefits expireNational context · Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine · 2022-02-24Russia invades UkraineNational context · Federal Reserve begins its 2022 rate increases · 2022-03-16Fed rate increases beginNational context · Silicon Valley Bank failure and banking stress · 2023-03-10Banking stress / SVBNational context · UAW strikes begin at the three Detroit automakers · 2023-09-15UAW auto strikesNational context · Federal Reserve begins its 2024 rate cuts · 2024-09-18Fed rate cuts beginNational context · Hurricanes Helene and Milton · 2024-09-26Helene & MiltonNational context · Broad U.S. tariff announcement · 2025-04-02U.S. tariff announcementNational context · Federal shutdown interrupts unemployment data · 2025-10-01Federal shutdown / data gapNational context · BLS reports federal payroll decline as deferred resignations take effect · 2025-12-16Federal payroll departuresNational context · Federal Reserve raises rates in September 2026 · 2026-09-16September 2026 rate rise● New Hampshire Legislature · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.● U.S. Congress · New Hampshire delegation · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.◆ Governor · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.■ New Hampshire agencies · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.2015-12-012026-09-30

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New Hampshire · 2024: 2.6% · Rank #47 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 4%

Unemployed residents as a percentage of the civilian labor force, using BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics annual averages. LAUS estimates are revised each year through the program's annual processing cycle. Employment is residence-based civilian employment, not a count of jobs located in the state. Annual averages smooth within-year changes. Annual observations use December 31; monthly observations use the first of the month. Lines connect consecutive readings and do not supply values between them. Missing observations break the lines.

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New Hampshire Annual unemployment rate · source units
PeriodNew HampshireRankU.S. benchmark
20242.6%#47 of 504%
20232.3%#45 of 50Not available
20222.4%#44 of 50Not available
20213.5%#42 of 50Not available
20206.7%#28 of 50Not available
20192.6%#46 of 50Not available
20182.6%#46 of 50Not available
20172.8%#47 of 50Not available
20162.9%#49 of 50Not available
20153.4%#46 of 50Not available
How major events are selected

The timeline combines the corresponding national fact’s reviewed event catalog, labeled National context, with individually reviewed state milestones. State events use primary sources and distinguish signing, effective and filing dates. Each milestone keeps its source-check date, geographical limits and evidence limits. This curated selection is not a complete history.

Date ranges affect events and actions. Action type, status and official-name search affect government records only. Events remain separate from action counts. An event after the latest observation extends context without creating a new reading.

New Hampshire · state comparison

Employment and unemployment over time

LAUS annual averages measure state residents. Compare unemployment rates or the number of employed residents.

New Hampshire · 20242.6%
New Hampshire rank#47among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark4%Same measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

Annual unemployment rate

Unemployed residents as a percentage of the civilian labor force, using BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics annual averages.

LAUS estimates are revised each year through the program's annual processing cycle. Employment is residence-based civilian employment, not a count of jobs located in the state. Annual averages smooth within-year changes.

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New Hampshire
Annual unemployment rate history in New Hampshire1.6%4.5%7.4%20152024
2024 · New Hampshire: 2.6% · Rank #47 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 4% · Selected for state comparison
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New Hampshire Annual unemployment rate history
PeriodNew HampshireCompare
20153.4%
20162.9%
20172.8%
20182.6%
20192.6%
20206.7%
20213.5%
20222.4%
20232.3%
20242.6%

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Lower value · 1.8%Higher value · 5.4%Striped: unavailable

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New Hampshire · 2.6%2024 · Rank #47 of 50, highest firstSelected state

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Compare New Hampshire with every state · 50 ranked
Annual unemployment rate · 2024 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1Nevada5.4%—
#2California5.3%—
#3Illinois5%—
#4Kentucky4.8%—
#5Michigan4.7%—
#6New Jersey4.6%—
#7Alaska4.5%—
#7Washington4.5%—
#9Ohio4.4%—
#10Louisiana4.3%—
#10Oregon4.3%—
#12New York4.2%—
#12Rhode Island4.2%—
#14Colorado4.1%—
#14New Mexico4.1%—
#14South Carolina4.1%—
#14Texas4.1%—
#14West Virginia4.1%—
#19Indiana4%—
#19Massachusetts4%—
#21Delaware3.9%—
#22Pennsylvania3.8%—
#23Arizona3.7%—
#23Missouri3.7%—
#23North Carolina3.7%—
#26Idaho3.6%—
#27Arkansas3.5%—
#27Kansas3.5%—
#29Florida3.4%—
#29Georgia3.4%—
#29Tennessee3.4%—
#32Connecticut3.3%—
#32Utah3.3%—
#34Iowa3.2%—
#34Maryland3.2%—
#34Mississippi3.2%—
#34Oklahoma3.2%—
#38Minnesota3.1%—
#38Wyoming3.1%—
#40Alabama3%—
#40Maine3%—
#40Montana3%—
#40Wisconsin3%—
#44Virginia2.9%—
#45Hawaii2.8%—
#46Nebraska2.7%—
#47New Hampshire · your comparison2.6%—
#48North Dakota2.4%—
#49Vermont2.3%—
#50South Dakota1.8%—

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New Hampshire · state comparison

Behind the unemployment rate

The reviewed 2025 CPS snapshot includes both U-3 and the broader U-6 measure. It is separate from the LAUS annual history.

New Hampshire · 2025 · 11-month average1.2%
New Hampshire rank#33among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark1.6%Same measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

U-1 · unemployed 15 weeks or longer

Unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a share of the civilian labor force.

2025 CPS averages exclude October because data were not collected during the federal shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other-year averages. These directly surveyed CPS estimates differ from LAUS model-based estimates. All states use the same 11 months here.

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Lower value · 0.6%Higher value · 2.4%Striped: unavailable

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New Hampshire · 1.2%2025 · 11-month average · Rank #33 of 50, highest firstSelected state

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Compare New Hampshire with every state · 50 ranked
U-1 · unemployed 15 weeks or longer · 2025 · 11-month average · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California2.4%—
#2Oregon2.2%—
#3Illinois2.1%—
#3New York2.1%—
#5Connecticut2%—
#5Rhode Island2%—
#5Washington2%—
#8Massachusetts1.9%—
#8Nevada1.9%—
#8New Jersey1.9%—
#11Delaware1.8%—
#11Virginia1.8%—
#13Louisiana1.7%—
#13Michigan1.7%—
#13West Virginia1.7%—
#16Alaska1.6%—
#16Florida1.6%—
#16Mississippi1.6%—
#16New Mexico1.6%—
#16Ohio1.6%—
#16Pennsylvania1.6%—
#22Colorado1.5%—
#22Kentucky1.5%—
#22Maryland1.5%—
#22Texas1.5%—
#26Arizona1.4%—
#26Georgia1.4%—
#28Arkansas1.3%—
#28Iowa1.3%—
#28North Carolina1.3%—
#28Oklahoma1.3%—
#28South Carolina1.3%—
#33Kansas1.2%—
#33Minnesota1.2%—
#33New Hampshire · your comparison1.2%—
#33Wisconsin1.2%—
#37Tennessee1.1%—
#37Utah1.1%—
#39Idaho1%—
#39Indiana1%—
#39Nebraska1%—
#42Alabama0.9%—
#42Maine0.9%—
#42Missouri0.9%—
#42Wyoming0.9%—
#46Hawaii0.7%—
#46Montana0.7%—
#46South Dakota0.7%—
#46Vermont0.7%—
#50North Dakota0.6%—

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New Hampshire · state comparison

Output and jobs

Annual real output growth and BEA job growth provide economic context. Neither is the unemployment rate.

New Hampshire · 20251.7%
New Hampshire rank#33among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark2.3%Same measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

Annual real GDP growth

Change in annual real GDP from the prior year.

Annual estimates; the downloaded BEA snapshot is retained with a source hash. Revisions can change historical values and ranks.

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New Hampshire
Annual real GDP growth history in New Hampshire-3.6%3.1%9.8%20152025
2025 · New Hampshire: 1.7% · Rank #33 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 2.3% · Selected for state comparison
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New Hampshire Annual real GDP growth history
PeriodNew HampshireCompare
20153.2%
20161.8%
20170.5%
20181.3%
20192.7%
2020-0.6%
20218.2%
20222%
20232.5%
20242.6%
20251.7%

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New Hampshire · 1.7%2025 · Rank #33 of 50, highest firstSelected state

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Annual real GDP growth · 2025 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1Delaware5.1%—
#2Alaska4.7%—
#3California3.5%—
#4South Carolina3.3%—
#5Washington3.2%—
#6Idaho3.1%—
#7Kentucky3%—
#8Georgia2.9%—
#9Texas2.8%—
#10West Virginia2.8%—
#11Florida2.8%—
#12Rhode Island2.8%—
#13Utah2.7%—
#14Illinois2.6%—
#15New York2.5%—
#16Connecticut2.5%—
#17Ohio2.4%—
#18Virginia2.3%—
#19Oklahoma2.2%—
#20Michigan2.2%—
#21Tennessee2.1%—
#22New Jersey2%—
#23Nevada2%—
#24Montana2%—
#25Alabama2%—
#26Vermont1.9%—
#27Colorado1.9%—
#28Indiana1.9%—
#29Pennsylvania1.8%—
#30North Carolina1.8%—
#31New Mexico1.8%—
#32South Dakota1.8%—
#33New Hampshire · your comparison1.7%—
#34Louisiana1.5%—
#35Hawaii1.5%—
#36Arizona1.5%—
#37Maine1.4%—
#38Oregon1.4%—
#39Massachusetts1.3%—
#40Mississippi1.3%—
#41Nebraska1.3%—
#42Missouri1.2%—
#43Kansas1%—
#44Arkansas0.9%—
#45Wisconsin0.8%—
#46Maryland0.8%—
#47Minnesota0.7%—
#48North Dakota0.5%—
#49Wyoming0.1%—
#50Iowa-0.4%—

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New Hampshire · state comparison

Job openings, hires, layoffs, and worker groups

A state unemployment rate does not capture all unused labor or job-market turnover.

New Hampshire · December 202522,000
New Hampshire rank#42among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark6,550,000Same measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

Openings · number

Number of jobs or monthly employment flows; published thousands converted to individual units.

Seasonally adjusted state JOLTS estimates, July–December 2025 as printed in the captured table. Recent estimates are preliminary and revisions can change ranks. Openings are a month-end stock; hires, quits, and layoffs are monthly flows, not distinct workers.

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New Hampshire
Openings · number history in New Hampshire-1,050,2003,596,0008,242,200July 2025December 2025
December 2025 · New Hampshire: 22,000 · Rank #42 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 6,550,000 · Selected for state comparison
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New Hampshire Openings · number history
PeriodNew HampshireCompare
July 202533,000
August 202532,000
September 202532,000
October 202538,000
November 202532,000
December 202522,000

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Lower value · 11,000Higher value · 674,000Striped: unavailable

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New Hampshire · 22,000December 2025 · Rank #42 of 50, highest firstSelected state

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Openings · number · December 2025 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California674,000—
#2Texas608,000—
#3New York431,000—
#4Florida404,000—
#5Ohio287,000—
#6Georgia279,000—
#7Pennsylvania235,000—
#8Michigan221,000—
#9Virginia213,000—
#10North Carolina212,000—
#11Illinois211,000—
#12New Jersey172,000—
#13Tennessee143,000—
#14Minnesota135,000—
#15Massachusetts129,000—
#16Missouri128,000—
#17Maryland127,000—
#18Indiana123,000—
#19Arizona121,000—
#20Wisconsin115,000—
#21Washington110,000—
#22South Carolina103,000—
#23Louisiana101,000—
#23Oklahoma101,000—
#25Colorado100,000—
#26Kentucky92,000—
#27Alabama91,000—
#28Oregon72,000—
#29Connecticut67,000—
#30Utah64,000—
#31Kansas61,000—
#32Arkansas60,000—
#33Mississippi59,000—
#34Iowa57,000—
#35Nevada52,000—
#36West Virginia42,000—
#37Nebraska38,000—
#38Idaho34,000—
#39New Mexico32,000—
#40Maine28,000—
#41Delaware23,000—
#42Montana22,000—
#42New Hampshire · your comparison22,000—
#42Rhode Island22,000—
#45South Dakota20,000—
#46Hawaii19,000—
#47North Dakota18,000—
#48Alaska16,000—
#49Vermont11,000—
#49Wyoming11,000—

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What candidates are saying

Explore statements about unemployment, jobs and workforce issues from FactVote’s New Hampshire candidate profiles. Compare candidates within each recorded race, with each person’s matching statements kept together. These are candidate and campaign statements, not verified outcomes.

8 statements from 5 candidates

2026 New Hampshire Governor General Election

1 candidate with matching statements · 1 statement

Kelly Ayotte

1 statement

Republican · Governor · NH

Jobs & workforce context

Prioritize fundamental reading skills and workforce development that puts more students on paths to employment.

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Source topic or question: Education Priorities

Candidate campaign source

Prioritize fundamental reading skills and workforce development that puts more students on paths to employment.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Kelly Ayotte — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗

2026 New Hampshire U.S. House - District 1 General Election

1 candidate with matching statements · 1 statement

Stefany Shaheen

1 statement

Democratic · U.S. House District 1 · NH

Jobs & workforce context

Increase local clean energy production: New Hampshire is already home to a number of solar, wind, hydro, and bio fuel companies. We need a lot more. It’s a win-win, creating good paying jobs while simultaneously reducing our dependence on big oil companies and foreign countries.

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Source topic or question: Clean energy production and jobs

Candidate campaign source

Increase local clean energy production: New Hampshire is already home to a number of solar, wind, hydro, and bio fuel companies. We need a lot more. It’s a win-win, creating good paying jobs while simultaneously reducing our dependence on big oil companies and foreign countries.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Stefany Shaheen — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗

2026 New Hampshire U.S. House - District 2 General Election

1 candidate with matching statements · 2 statements

Lily Tang Williams

2 statements

Republican · U.S. House District 2 · NH

Jobs & workforce context

Protect and expand proven assets like Seabrook Station while advancing next-generation Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). These factory-built reactors can be deployed faster and at lower upfront cost than traditional plants. They deliver clean, always-on baseload power with strong safety features and ca…

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Source topic or question: Nuclear energy and electric reliability

Candidate campaign source

Protect and expand proven assets like Seabrook Station while advancing next-generation Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). These factory-built reactors can be deployed faster and at lower upfront cost than traditional plants. They deliver clean, always-on baseload power with strong safety features and can be scaled to fit New Hampshire’s needs, from communities to industrial sites. SMRs will help stabilize and lower long-term electricity rates while creating high-paying jobs here at home.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Lily Tang Williams — candidate-owned primary source 3 ↗
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Jobs & workforce context

For Granite Staters across the 2nd District, affording basics needs like groceries and fuel are at the top-of-mind this year. Life is getting way too expensive, way too quickly. While inflation has subsided greatly from the sustained levels during the last presidential administration, there is more …

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Source topic or question: Economy, taxes, spending, and affordability

Candidate campaign source

For Granite Staters across the 2nd District, affording basics needs like groceries and fuel are at the top-of-mind this year. Life is getting way too expensive, way too quickly. While inflation has subsided greatly from the sustained levels during the last presidential administration, there is more work to be done amid positive geopolitical pressures.Let me be clear: my #1 priority when getting to Washington, DC to serve as your congresswoman is to work tirelessly every single day to drive down costs for ordinary New Hampshire folks.To that end, I will put more pressure to get special interests, corporations, and the Federal government out of managing the economy. Instead of pushing for public-private partnerships and regulations that seem only to end up helping politically-connected big players, I will endeavor to remove subsidies and red tape for all businesses, large and small, unleashing true market competition. We must allow the free market to thrive. Only then, do costs come down and real job growth and real prosperity naturally follow.Also, the cost of energy has a huge impact on the prices we pay for so many things. We must declare energy freedom and allow access, with appropriate mechanisms to control pollution, to all of our available resources: nuclear, oil, solar, coal, and wind. We should not be in an either/or political fight amongst ourselves on which energy sources to promote. Artificial energy restrictions not only do not make sense for national security (dependence on other countries), but it further divides and impoverishes the country.Lastly, plain and simple, the government must reduce its spending; we must grow the economy and start paying down the national debt. Our children and grandchildren will thank us.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Lily Tang Williams — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗
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How statements are selected

This section matches specific unemployment, jobs and workforce issues terms in retained, attributed source text from published New Hampshire candidate profiles. A profile heading or biography alone does not qualify. The Florida geography is fixed; saved state preferences cannot change these results. A mention can concern a community or group rather than Florida’s statewide measure.

Matching is automatic and does not establish a candidate’s stance, the accuracy of a claim, or an effect on the measured result. Results are grouped by recorded race, then by candidate name. Within each candidate, the matching issue mentions appear first. Only candidates with matching retained statements are shown; this is not a complete race roster. Repeated identical text for the same candidate is shown once. Coverage follows the existing state profiles and is not a complete record of all candidates or everything they have said. Review dates are not statement dates.

New Hampshire incumbents

What incumbents are proposing

Explore reviewed bills sponsored by current New Hampshire legislators and New Hampshire’s congressional delegation, plus retained proposals from New Hampshire’s governor and agencies. Each record keeps its latest recorded status and official evidence.

0 matching sponsorships or proposals · 0 New Hampshire incumbents. These filters apply only to this section.

No retained proposals match these filters. A missing record does not mean an incumbent has taken no action.

What sponsorship and proposal counts tell us

Only current New Hampshire officeholders retained in the reviewed collection qualify. Bills require a recorded primary sponsorship; cosponsors and signing officials are excluded from sponsorship counts. An official introducer recorded as acting by request is labeled “Introduced by request”; that procedural role does not establish personal policy endorsement. Governor and agency records qualify when recorded as proposed. A separately verified governor transmittal can also establish an original proposal whose latest status reflects its later outcome. Signing an enacted law alone does not establish a proposal. A record appearing under several facts is counted once per officeholder. A bill with multiple primary sponsors appears under each recorded sponsor.

Enacted bills, adopted resolutions and unsuccessful measures remain visible as proposal history. Passing one chamber is not enactment. These counts do not measure effectiveness or prove that an action changed a New Hampshire statistic. Collection reviewed Sep 16, 2026.