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Highest Paying Jobs in New Hampshire

Ranked by the average of the local median wages BLS publishes for New Hampshire, among 85 occupations with at least 1,000 workers in the state.

Highest paying occupations in New Hampshire
#OccupationAverage median wageWorkers in state
1Natural Sciences Managers$288,3659,730
2Marketing Managers$211,16112,520
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$210,74522,550
4Financial Managers$201,72924,290
5Sales Managers$201,51712,700
6Lawyers$178,98721,490
7Software Developers$164,71247,710
8Medical and Health Services Managers$135,80114,750
9Management Analysts$133,78528,020
10Biochemists and Biophysicists$131,37513,450
11General and Operations Managers$131,14681,980
12Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$129,27316,210
13Computer Systems Analysts$127,62618,760
14Industrial Engineers$116,55810,280
15Financial and Investment Analysts$116,49313,360
16Project Management Specialists$112,08421,020
17Civil Engineers$106,6798,840
18Registered Nurses$105,16475,650
19Compliance Officers$101,81211,830
20Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$100,38934,210
21Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$99,83112,600
22Accountants and Auditors$98,24941,300
23First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$96,86915,460
24Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$94,79224,390
25Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$93,60923,990

Highest-paying jobs in New Hampshire

This ranking covers 85 occupations that employ at least 1,000 people in New Hampshire. The figure used is the employment-weighted average of the local median wages published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, May 2025) for the state's wage areas. Natural Sciences Managers comes first at $288,365 a year; number 25 on the list, Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, averages $93,609.

Each occupation links to its New Hampshire page with the wage areas, the counties and what is left after taxes and living costs. Pay is only part of the picture, so compare it with local rents and taxes before choosing where to work.