Manchester-Nashua, NH Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Manchester-Nashua, NH - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Manchester-Nashua, NH moved from $54,410 in May 2024 to $56,530 in May 2025 (+3.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Manchester-Nashua, NH sits +0.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Software Developers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Manchester-Nashua, NH
Software Developers publishes $162,090 here versus $135,980 nationally (+19.2%; 4,370metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $124,990 locally versus $105,770 nationally (+18.2%).
- Software Developers$162,090 in Manchester-Nashua, NH sits 19.2% above the national Software Developers median of $135,980 (4,370 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$124,990 in Manchester-Nashua, NH sits 18.2% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,990 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$49,630 in Manchester-Nashua, NH sits 10.9% above the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (4,680 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$49,570 in Manchester-Nashua, NH sits 10.1% above the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (3,400 published local jobs).
Software Developers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Manchester-Nashua, NH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 31700 · Manchester-Nashua, NH $72K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #32/528
- RPP-ELEV 105.7
- OCC-MOST 432 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $348K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE +0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Burlington-South…
- BOOK-FULL 420 rows · May 2025
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Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Manchester-Nashua, NH
Employment scale inside Manchester-Nashua, NH's top-pay list
Software Developers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Manchester-Nashua, NH's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 4,370 jobs · $162,090
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,470 jobs · $175,530
- 3. Electrical Engineers 1,050 jobs · $159,360
- 4. Architectural and Engineering Managers 970 jobs · $212,050
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 700 jobs · $174,360
- 6. Sales Managers 680 jobs · $161,410
- 7. Managers, All Other 470 jobs · $152,690
- 8. Marketing Managers 360 jobs · $162,850
- 9. Pharmacists 350 jobs · $143,000
- 10. Human Resources Managers 330 jobs · $142,600
- 11. Purchasing Managers 240 jobs · $165,870
- 12. Physicians, All Other 200 jobs · $347,620
- 13. Chief Executives 190 jobs · $196,990
- 14. Dentists, General 190 jobs · $177,970
- 15. General Internal Medicine Physicians 180 jobs · $317,680
- 16. Computer Hardware Engineers 130 jobs · $174,140
- 17. Pediatricians, General 80 jobs · $287,040
- 18. Training and Development Managers 80 jobs · $142,860
Occupations Tracked
432
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$71,946
employment-weighted, 420 complete rows
Top Salary
$347,620
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
105.7
6% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Manchester-Nashua, NH
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $347,620 |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $317,680 |
| 3 | Pediatricians, General | $287,040 |
| 4 | Nurse Anesthetists | $262,240 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $256,770 |
| 6 | Podiatrists | $222,530 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $212,050 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $196,990 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $177,970 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $175,530 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers | $174,360 |
| 12 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $174,140 |
| 13 | Purchasing Managers | $165,870 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $162,850 |
| 15 | Software Developers | $162,090 |
| 16 | Sales Managers | $161,410 |
| 17 | Natural Sciences Managers | $160,040 |
| 18 | Electrical Engineers | $159,360 |
| 19 | Commercial Pilots | $157,210 |
| 20 | Managers, All Other | $152,690 |
| 21 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $152,360 |
| 22 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $151,120 |
| 23 | Pharmacists | $143,000 |
| 24 | Training and Development Managers | $142,860 |
| 25 | Human Resources Managers | $142,600 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Manchester-Nashua, NH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $23,100 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $24,960 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $27,370 |
| Bartenders | $29,050 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,650 |
| Telemarketers | $29,680 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | $30,390 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $30,690 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $30,840 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | $31,040 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in NH
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
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Two OEWS peer sets outside NH. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($71,946 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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