Fastest Growing Jobs in New Hampshire

National growth leaders filtered through New Hampshire's actual employment footprint – BLS 2024–2034

Where New Hampshire already employs the growth list

Ranked by published New Hampshire employment (not by national growth %). Sibling state pages diverge here because the occupation title set and order change with the OEWS footprint.

  1. 1. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 10,840 jobs · +15.8%
  2. 2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Healthcare Support Occupations 9,440 jobs · +17%
  3. 3. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 7,190 jobs · +14.9%
  4. 4. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 4,330 jobs · +14.8%
  5. 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 3,810 jobs · +15.2%
  6. 6. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 3,690 jobs · +16.8%
  7. 7. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 3,000 jobs · +12.5%
  8. 8. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 2,460 jobs · +23.2%
  9. 9. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 1,950 jobs · +16.1%
  10. 10. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 1,810 jobs · +12.1%
  11. 11. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,770 jobs · +40.1%
  12. 12. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 1,500 jobs · +11.9%
  13. 13. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,240 jobs · +13.8%
  14. 14. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,100 jobs · +33.5%
  15. 15. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,060 jobs · +20.4%
  16. 16. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 720 jobs · +15%
  17. 17. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 690 jobs · +16.7%
  18. 18. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 610 jobs · +12.5%
  19. 19. Information Security Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 590 jobs · +28.5%
  20. 20. Computer Network Architects · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 560 jobs · +11.9%

Largest New Hampshire footprint

Software Developers

10,840 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+15.8%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

43/50

New Hampshire employment published

National #1 growth

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

+49.9% · different from state footprint lead

Growth % and openings are national BLS projections. The employment and wage columns are New Hampshire OEWS estimates where published.

In New Hampshire, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) has no published OEWS employment row while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Software Developers (10,840 jobs , +15.8% projected). Next by in-state count: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (9,440) and Cooks, Restaurant (7,190).

That mismatch is the useful New Hampshire read: percentage growth ranks a national change rate, not how many workers the state already employs in the role. Of the 50 national growth rows, 43 publish New Hampshire employment; 22 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 26% of summed employment sits in Healthcare Support Occupations (2 occupations).

Annual openings (growth plus replacements) still live on each occupation profile. A high percentage on a tiny base can add fewer New Hampshire seats than a mid-single-digit gain on a large OEWS count. Education and credential columns on the profile set the entry clock; several fast-growth rows need multi-year training before the projection window helps a new entrant.

New Hampshire footprint order on the national growth list

Rows with published New Hampshire employment are sorted by in-state jobs. Occupations without a state OEWS row stay at the bottom in national growth order.

# Occupation Growth %
1 Software Developers +15.8%
2 Home Health and Personal Care Aides +17%
3 Cooks, Restaurant +14.9%
4 Financial Managers +14.8%
5 Computer and Information Systems Managers +15.2%
6 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors +16.8%
7 Medical Assistants +12.5%
8 Medical and Health Services Managers +23.2%
9 Industrial Machinery Mechanics +16.1%
10 Animal Caretakers +12.1%
11 Nurse Practitioners +40.1%
12 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors +11.9%
13 Occupational Therapists +13.8%
14 Data Scientists +33.5%
15 Physician Assistants +20.4%
16 Speech-Language Pathologists +15%
17 Logisticians +16.7%
18 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists +12.5%
19 Information Security Analysts +28.5%
20 Computer Network Architects +11.9%
21 Physical Therapist Assistants +22%
22 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary +17.3%
23 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers +13%
24 Respiratory Therapists +12.1%
25 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists +11.2%
26 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary +16.8%
27 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians +19.8%
28 Operations Research Analysts +21.5%
29 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers +12.8%
30 Massage Therapists +15.4%
31 Psychiatric Technicians +20%
32 Community Health Workers +11.3%
33 Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars +14.7%
34 Occupational Therapy Assistants +19.2%
35 Medical Equipment Repairers +12.9%
36 Mechanical Door Repairers +11.4%
37 Financial Examiners +18.5%
38 Orthotists and Prosthetists +13.3%
39 Counselors, All Other +12.6%
40 Therapists, All Other +11.5%
41 Computer and Information Research Scientists +19.7%
42 Marriage and Family Therapists +12.6%
43 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians +11.5%
44 Wind Turbine Service Technicians +49.9%
45 Solar Photovoltaic Installers +42.1%
46 Actuaries +21.8%
47 Hearing Aid Specialists +18.4%
48 Epidemiologists +16.2%
49 Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists +14.6%
50 Forensic Science Technicians +12.8%

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About This Data

Employment projections come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program, covering 2024 to 2034. Growth rates represent the projected percentage change in national employment over the 10-year period.

State employment and salary data comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. Some occupations may not have state-level data for New Hampshire if employment is too small to report.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: BLS Employment Projections program, 2024–2034 and BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State employment totals for New Hampshire from BLS OEWS State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State employment and wage rows use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and openings use national BLS Employment Projections for 2024–2034. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.