Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
Key Indicators
National nonfarm payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, September 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Hillsborough County wage growth of 6.1%, highest among large NH counties
New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute — County wage growth analysis, 2026
Companies under 20 employees drove most 2025 net job growth in NH
New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute — Small business employment growth analysis
Local Economic Conditions
Hillsborough County unemployment rate near 2.7% in June 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — County-level unemployment data via BLS LAUS program
Open Threads in the Data
NH purchasing power fell 1.6% in first seven months of 2026
New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute — Wage-vs-inflation analysis, 2026
Looking Ahead
New Hampshire had 8 WARN notices affecting 694 employees as of Sept 30, 2026
NH Department of Employment Security — WARN Act notice tracking, September 2026
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison