Highest Paying Jobs in New Hampshire

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$555,670

Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric

Top 25 Average

$285,968

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in New Hampshire by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric pays a state median of $555,670, +55% above the national median of $358,550 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 100 pay above $100,000 per year in New Hampshire - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $425,758, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 70 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in New Hampshire, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where New Hampshire is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in New Hampshire, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$555,670	$358,550	+55% above	80
2	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$534,870	$414,010	+29% above	220
3	Dermatologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$516,230	$328,730	+57% above	50
4	Radiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$506,010	$420,860	+20% above	210
5	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$481,640	$391,490	+23% above	330
6	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$404,330	$300,080	+35% above	50
7	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$361,300	$265,930	+36% above	1,000
8	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$348,140	$292,910	+19% above	140
9	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$275,980	$236,590	+17% above	490
10	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$273,410	$210,040	+30% above	210
11	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$268,650	$244,180	+10% above	350
12	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$250,070	$160,300	+56% above	70
13	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$246,140	$281,870	13% below	90
14	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$229,210	$256,560	11% below	450
15	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$214,030	$172,250	+24% above	30
16	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$201,610	$123,920	+63% above	80
17	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$177,480	$170,950	+4% above	500
18	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$176,540	$175,140	+1% above	3,810
19	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$172,240	$171,270	+1% above	2,160
20	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$168,590	$213,990	21% below	N/A
21	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$162,900	$148,080	+10% above	540
22	Financial Risk Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$158,320	$117,330	+35% above	300
23	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$157,800	$128,500	+23% above	90
24	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$157,080	$125,470	+25% above	270
25	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$150,960	$135,880	+11% above	1,060
26	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$146,590	$126,060	+16% above	1,540
27	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$145,630	$141,900	+3% above	1,330
28	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$144,730	$166,570	13% below	4,330
29	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$143,280	$166,790	14% below	1,460
30	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$143,020	$140,910	+1% above	1,130
31	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$142,960	$134,040	+7% above	60
32	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$141,900	$148,270	4% below	2,820
33	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$141,360	$133,000	+6% above	260
34	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$139,990	$139,500	same as	120
35	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$139,720	$135,980	+3% above	10,840
36	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$137,550	$132,300	+4% above	1,770
37	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$136,950	$149,230	8% below	100
38	Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$136,160	$140,300	3% below	90
39	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$135,710	$120,630	+13% above	1,600
40	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$135,000	$149,280	10% below	1,150
41	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$134,010	$167,220	20% below	240
42	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$132,660	$146,910	10% below	330
43	Art Directors Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$132,000	$114,850	+15% above	160
44	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$130,500	$115,160	+13% above	80
45	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$130,410	$123,860	+5% above	2,460
46	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$130,230	$103,170	+26% above	50
47	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$129,470	$107,230	+21% above	530
48	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$129,260	$114,990	+12% above	660
49	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$129,140	$161,740	20% below	310
50	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$128,190	$130,100	1% below	650
51	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$128,130	$122,930	+4% above	610
52	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$127,070	$109,270	+16% above	170
53	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$125,560	$136,570	8% below	210
54	Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$125,450	$85,020	+48% above	80
55	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$125,420	$134,050	6% below	560
56	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$125,390	$114,130	+10% above	760
57	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$124,680	$105,770	+18% above	22,110
58	Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$124,110	$98,070	+27% above	90
59	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$124,000	$129,180	4% below	590
60	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$120,810	$159,670	24% below	2,250
61	Psychologists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$120,790	$110,840	+9% above	N/A
62	Advertising and Promotions Managers Management Occupations	$120,530	$133,660	10% below	50
63	Materials Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$119,990	$117,790	+2% above	80
64	Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$112,890	$84,290	+34% above	40
65	Physical Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$112,370	$122,570	8% below	210
66	Web and Digital Interface Designers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$111,150	$104,000	+7% above	430
67	Biochemists and Biophysicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$109,770	$127,410	14% below	200
68	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$107,890	$101,370	+6% above	60
69	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$107,850	$124,900	14% below	300
70	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$107,670	$105,850	+2% above	2,090
71	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$107,100	$104,300	+3% above	770
72	History Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$106,880	$83,820	+28% above	100
73	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$106,690	$106,660	same as	550
74	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$106,270	$105,310	+1% above	60
75	Audiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$105,590	$95,780	+10% above	50
76	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$105,420	$95,480	+10% above	270
77	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$105,190	$130,220	19% below	320
78	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$104,910	$105,870	1% below	1,590
79	Management Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$104,270	$101,860	+2% above	2,670
80	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$104,190	$104,590	same as	920
81	Insurance Underwriters Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$103,940	$81,370	+28% above	270
82	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$103,760	$96,590	+7% above	400
83	Social Workers, All Other Community and Social Service Occupations	$103,710	$71,900	+44% above	100
84	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$103,660	$104,110	same as	2,760
85	Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$102,650	$94,980	+8% above	90
86	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$102,410	$84,620	+21% above	170
87	Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$102,220	$93,250	+10% above	70
88	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$102,170	$95,320	+7% above	560
89	Electrical and Electronics Drafters Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$102,070	$76,870	+33% above	220
90	Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,750	$79,350	+28% above	150
91	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,310	$102,440	1% below	1,940
92	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,290	$112,860	10% below	70
93	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$101,260	$90,150	+12% above	610
94	Dental Hygienists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$101,250	$98,100	+3% above	1,360
95	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$101,150	$101,920	1% below	N/A
96	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,100	$99,280	+2% above	250
97	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$100,650	$103,410	3% below	210
98	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,620	$120,230	16% below	1,100
99	Network and Computer Systems Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,230	$99,130	+1% above	1,660
100	Fashion Designers Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$100,160	$80,960	+24% above	40

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in New Hampshire. The "Difference" column shows how New Hampshire pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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