Merrimack County, NH

FIPS 33013 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Merrimack County had an annual average of 77,148 jobs across 5,546 establishments, paying $5.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

77,148

+0.5% YoY

Establishments

5,546

Total Wages

$5.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$68,855

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Merrimack County, NH, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 5,037 313 $556 $145.6M
621 NAICS 621 4,509 254 $1,727 $404.9M
541 NAICS 541 3,921 579 $2,065 $414.7M
561 NAICS 561 3,356 368 $1,599 $217.3M
921 NAICS 921 2,906 130 $2,304 $177.8M
624 NAICS 624 2,680 130 $702 $97.9M
922 NAICS 922 2,530 105 $2,522 $213.5M
238 NAICS 238 2,406 399 $1,498 $187.4M
424 NAICS 424 2,218 54 $1,560 $180.0M
445 NAICS 445 2,119 44 $549 $60.5M
611 NAICS 611 1,925 93 $1,040 $104.1M
923 NAICS 923 1,758 235 $2,066 $124.7M
441 NAICS 441 1,629 90 $1,458 $123.5M
813 NAICS 813 1,600 194 $1,114 $92.7M
455 NAICS 455 1,541 27 $546 $43.7M
713 NAICS 713 1,481 67 $505 $38.9M
524 NAICS 524 1,435 87 $3,160 $148.8M
423 NAICS 423 1,430 139 $1,918 $142.6M
811 NAICS 811 1,088 186 $1,453 $81.8M
237 NAICS 237 1,006 67 $1,834 $91.1M
444 NAICS 444 997 58 $812 $42.1M
924 NAICS 924 911 25 $1,930 $67.0M
926 NAICS 926 886 74 $2,264 $72.5M
332 NAICS 332 848 42 $1,319 $58.1M
459 NAICS 459 826 88 $619 $26.6M
457 NAICS 457 817 80 $1,039 $44.1M
236 NAICS 236 759 146 $1,651 $65.1M
522 NAICS 522 757 79 $1,962 $77.2M
551 NAICS 551 746 49 $2,491 $96.5M
531 NAICS 531 608 116 $1,308 $41.3M
331 NAICS 331 559 6 $1,953 $56.8M
812 NAICS 812 556 122 $639 $18.5M
493 NAICS 493 533 11 $1,446 $40.1M
333 NAICS 333 532 19 $1,577 $43.6M
456 NAICS 456 488 49 $961 $24.4M
562 NAICS 562 416 35 $1,633 $35.3M
334 NAICS 334 412 17 $1,566 $33.6M
485 NAICS 485 394 20 $894 $18.3M
721 NAICS 721 385 32 $644 $12.9M
449 NAICS 449 370 55 $1,288 $24.8M
221 NAICS 221 343 17 $2,812 $47.5M
311 NAICS 311 336 14 $1,350 $23.6M
484 NAICS 484 327 46 $1,402 $23.9M
327 NAICS 327 324 13 $1,513 $25.5M
111 NAICS 111 309 18 $1,090 $17.5M
326 NAICS 326 304 6 $1,343 $21.3M
323 NAICS 323 296 18 $1,313 $20.2M
492 NAICS 492 289 12 $1,085 $16.3M
339 NAICS 339 285 14 $1,161 $17.2M
425 NAICS 425 263 57 $3,567 $48.8M
321 NAICS 321 254 12 $1,352 $17.9M
523 NAICS 523 234 50 $4,862 $59.1M
491 NAICS 491 218 23 $1,366 $15.5M
711 NAICS 711 217 18 $704 $7.9M
928 NAICS 928 200 2 $1,808 $18.8M
513 NAICS 513 180 30 $2,216 $20.7M
458 NAICS 458 162 26 $567 $4.8M
488 NAICS 488 141 16 $1,147 $8.4M
517 NAICS 517 137 12 $1,845 $13.2M
337 NAICS 337 133 6 $1,274 $8.8M
516 NAICS 516 124 12 $1,516 $9.8M
113 NAICS 113 112 14 $1,344 $7.8M
814 NAICS 814 80 76 $555 $2.3M
712 NAICS 712 79 11 $671 $2.8M
325 NAICS 325 72 7 $1,181 $4.4M
312 NAICS 312 61 6 $527 $1.7M
112 NAICS 112 59 8 $584 $1.8M
519 NAICS 519 57 7 $619 $1.7M
512 NAICS 512 52 6 $557 $1.5M
999 NAICS 999 51 25 $1,537 $4.1M
518 NAICS 518 23 8 $4,001 $4.7M
115 NAICS 115 11 4 $577 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

905

jobs · $104,144 avg pay

State Government

8,778

jobs · $74,067 avg pay

Local Government

6,267

jobs · $58,317 avg pay

Private

61,198

jobs · $68,667 avg pay

NH Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.1%

April 2026

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