Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area

225 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 3300006.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Retail Salespersons	1,840
Cashiers	1,370
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,220
General and Operations Managers	1,110
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	950
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	820
Office Clerks, General	760
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	750
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	750
Customer Service Representatives	680
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	650
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	630
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	630
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	630
Nursing Assistants	540
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	520
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	500
Waiters and Waitresses	500
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	470
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	450

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	7.32	140
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	5.96	100
Library Assistants, Clerical	5.72	140
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	5.10	250
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.72	200
Cooks, Short Order	4.59	180
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	4.43	140
Machinists	3.81	310
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	3.55	140
Highway Maintenance Workers	3.35	150
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.55	130
Carpenters	2.28	440
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	2.10	420
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	2.06	180
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	2.00	280
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	1.98	210
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1.98	340
Recreation Workers	1.96	190
Firefighters	1.90	190
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	1.89	130

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Dentists, General	$175,290
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$166,380
Marketing Managers	$164,310
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$150,960
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$150,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$149,210
Sales Managers	$140,410
Nurse Practitioners	$138,320
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$135,370
Pharmacists	$135,080
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$133,270
Construction Managers	$127,130
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$126,210
Medical and Health Services Managers	$125,060
Software Developers	$124,160
Human Resources Managers	$123,930
Administrative Services Managers	$117,930
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$112,010
Electrical Engineers	$110,630
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$107,730

All 225 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	340	$79,960	0.82
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$117,930	0.53
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$34,900	0.41
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	110	$36,320	1.38
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	70	$150,960	1.04
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$48,690	1.40
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	420	$54,720	2.10
Bakers `51-3011`	80	$38,020	1.17
Bartenders `35-3011`	200	$27,970	0.92
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	70	$44,110	1.51
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	80	$52,040	0.66
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	390	$49,160	0.99
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	150	$51,720	1.30
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	70	$63,950	0.86
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	60	$92,530	0.19
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$48,160	1.08
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$73,040	1.05
Carpenters `47-2031`	440	$59,940	2.28
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,370	$33,550	1.54
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	60	$49,380	0.98
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	80	$59,750	1.35
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	$166,380	0.84
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	130	$71,010	1.19
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	180	$35,850	1.23
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$80,760	0.50
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$86,530	0.44
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	50	$37,110	0.49
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	30	$62,970	0.35
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	70	$46,600	0.92
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$47,350	1.03
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	140	$56,720	4.43
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	60	$73,460	0.54
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	50	$75,230	1.09
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	250	$58,400	5.10
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers `51-9162`	40	$68,590	5.19
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$106,360	0.36
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	140	$61,030	0.67
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	90	$149,210	0.48
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	380	$49,020	1.20
Construction Managers `11-9021`	50	$127,130	0.44
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$50,600	1.03
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	160	$44,460	1.25
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	370	$38,210	0.90
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	180	$30,510	4.59
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	60	$56,700	0.59
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$68,350	1.23
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	100	$49,050	0.86
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$41,750	0.95
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	680	$45,220	0.92
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	50	$48,760	0.92
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$38,260	1.22
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	50	$95,970	0.68
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$57,730	1.06
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$100,940	1.30
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$175,290	1.10
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	70	$26,880	0.47
Dishwashers `35-9021`	140	$29,050	0.99
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$50,040	0.84
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	150	$38,300	1.24
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	30	$60,890	1.26
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	130	$101,450	1.40
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	60	$99,850	1.12
Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1081`	40	$60,920	2.49
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	110	$63,960	1.10
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	80	$110,630	1.38
Electricians `47-2111`	200	$59,230	0.92
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	420	$62,070	1.05
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	130	$46,490	2.55
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	30	$112,010	0.76
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	90	$60,620	0.65
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	40	$40,350	0.40
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$99,020	0.85
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	30	$40,000	3.42
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	950	$30,470	0.86
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	180	$133,270	0.76
Firefighters `33-2011`	190	$41,110	1.90
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	320	$77,930	1.38
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$59,310	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	230	$47,530	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$52,830	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	Not available	$57,580
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	240	$89,700	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	70	$107,730	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	420	$66,770	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$46,890	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$96,670	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	360	$80,120	1.84
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	520	$49,200	1.62
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	190	$61,480	1.07
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	260	$36,680	1.01
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	30	$42,860	1.27
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	110	$36,160	1.29
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	30	$79,120	0.50
Fundraisers `13-1131`	40	$66,490	1.39
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,110	$106,690	1.11
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	140	$46,580	7.32
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	80	$33,040	0.96
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	30	$85,140	0.52
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	30	$45,360	0.58
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$73,480	0.58
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$63,290	1.08
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	470	$60,240	0.79
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$42,940	1.20
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$40,910	0.82
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	150	$50,350	3.35
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	750	$38,640	0.60
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$49,140	1.25
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	60	$123,930	0.97
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	220	$61,200	0.85
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	80	$65,830	3.89
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	210	$96,410	1.98
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	190	$63,130	1.52
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	130	$126,210	1.89
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	190	$44,010	0.85
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	340	$56,970	1.98
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	30	$64,400	0.52
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	50	$53,670	0.75
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	80	$64,200	0.55
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	40	$51,990	0.97
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	630	$38,480	1.00
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	60	$51,340	1.88
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	630	$38,340	0.75
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	450	$41,530	1.63
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	Not available	$37,810
Lawyers `23-1011`	Not available	$97,400
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	140	$55,770	3.55
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	140	$36,160	5.72
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	170	$79,400	0.89
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	360	$42,710	1.28
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$75,490	0.76
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$71,900	0.51
Machinists `51-4041`	310	$59,250	3.81
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	160	$36,620	0.64
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	420	$50,630	0.97
Management Analysts `13-1111`	100	$104,680	0.37
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	30	$150,200	0.18
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	210	$58,680	0.80
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$164,310	0.43
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	180	$95,700	2.06
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	140	$49,490	0.59
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	40	$51,740	0.75
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	170	$48,410	0.61
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	120	$125,060	0.71
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other `51-4199`	70	$47,370	14.63
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	210	$60,280	1.16
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	750	$45,040	1.87
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	200	$47,700	4.72
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$93,670	0.62
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	50	$47,320	4.59
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	100	$138,320	1.05
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	540	$47,670	1.29
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	40	$76,270	1.88
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$80,260	1.24
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$87,190	1.25
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	760	$47,760	1.07
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	70	$59,090	0.52
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians `51-9083`	40	$60,160	7.14
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	280	$30,680	1.73
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	100	$49,590	1.52
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	Not available	$56,580
Paramedics `29-2043`	40	$64,210	1.49
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	120	$46,450	1.60
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$61,740	0.81
Pharmacists `29-1051`	60	$135,080	0.67
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	120	$47,900	0.87
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	30	$66,390	0.95
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$98,660	1.18
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$135,370	1.10
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	140	$69,280	1.07
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	160	$62,940	0.82
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	70	$61,710	3.07
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	110	$57,470	1.17
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	50	$79,780	1.13
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	140	$39,350	1.01
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	40	$45,590	0.89
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	120	$61,750	1.70
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	120	$57,940	1.09
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	190	$81,120	0.64
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$70,770	0.67
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	40	$48,880	1.29
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	60	$80,380	0.85
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	270	$43,080	1.04
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	190	$35,840	1.96
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	30	$47,160	0.73
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	820	$98,790	0.85
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$35,880	1.80
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	30	$49,920	1.29
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,840	$35,760	1.64
Sales Managers `11-2022`	80	$140,410	0.46
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	150	$69,060	0.41
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	200	Not available	0.56
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	120	$96,820	1.49
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	500	$65,820	1.63
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	630	$47,010	1.28
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	70	$75,630	0.49
Security Guards `33-9032`	170	$43,140	0.47
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	90	$52,410	1.00
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	Not available	$40,320
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	30	$59,150	1.01
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	320	$47,700	1.35
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	90	$31,410	1.21
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	100	$79,760	1.66
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	190	$47,690	1.54
Software Developers `15-1252`	170	$124,160	0.35
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	90	$63,980	1.25
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	30	$67,140	1.26
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	70	$62,590	1.41
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$79,950	0.89
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,220	$36,220	1.50
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	280	$54,250	2.00
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	140	$33,110	0.90
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	40	$54,310	2.64
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	30	$48,390	1.47
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	650	$37,580	1.60
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	30	$83,650	1.20
Tellers `43-3071`	110	$40,310	1.13
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	80	$62,500	0.57
Tutors `25-3041`	70	$35,670	1.48
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$103,500	1.72
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	60	$36,420	1.60
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$47,800	1.03
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	500	$36,300	0.77
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$60,440	0.96
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	90	$58,130	0.71
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	100	$45,210	5.96