Counties in New Hampshire by wages and salaries paid

Hillsborough County had the highest wages and salaries paid of 10 counties in 2016, at $12.76 billion. Coos County had the lowest, at $470.26 million. The median was $2.06 billion and the figure for New Hampshire was $35.73 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Highest12,763.3Hillsborough County
Lowest470.3Coos County
Median2,060.410 counties
New Hampshire35,726.7History

Map of counties, 2016

Belknap County: 1,159.4 USD millionCarroll County: 772.6 USD millionCheshire County: 1,497.2 USD millionCoos County: 470.3 USD millionGrafton County: 3,135.2 USD millionHillsborough County: 12,763.3 USD millionMerrimack County: 4,062.2 USD millionRockingham County: 8,606 USD millionStrafford County: 2,623.6 USD millionSullivan County: 636.7 USD million
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USD million, 2016. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

Hillsborough County: 12,763.3 USD millionHillsborough County12,763.3Rockingham County: 8,606 USD millionRockingham County8,606Merrimack County: 4,062.2 USD millionMerrimack County4,062.2Grafton County: 3,135.2 USD millionGrafton County3,135.2Strafford County: 2,623.6 USD millionStrafford County2,623.6Cheshire County: 1,497.2 USD millionCheshire County1,497.2Belknap County: 1,159.4 USD millionBelknap County1,159.4Carroll County: 772.6 USD millionCarroll County772.6Sullivan County: 636.7 USD millionSullivan County636.7Coos County: 470.3 USD millionCoos County470.3Hillsborough County: 12,763.3 USD millionHillsborough County12,763.3Rockingham County: 8,606 USD millionRockingham County8,606Merrimack County: 4,062.2 USD millionMerrimack County4,062.2Grafton County: 3,135.2 USD millionGrafton County3,135.2Strafford County: 2,623.6 USD millionStrafford County2,623.6Cheshire County: 1,497.2 USD millionCheshire County1,497.2Belknap County: 1,159.4 USD millionBelknap County1,159.4Carroll County: 772.6 USD millionCarroll County772.6Sullivan County: 636.7 USD millionSullivan County636.7Coos County: 470.3 USD millionCoos County470.3
USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD million
Change on 2015
1Hillsborough County12,763.3+3.9%
2Rockingham County8,606+3.8%
3Merrimack County4,062.2+3.4%
4Grafton County3,135.2+3.8%
5Strafford County2,623.6+3.3%
6Cheshire County1,497.2+1.1%
7Belknap County1,159.4+4.1%
8Carroll County772.6+3.6%
9Sullivan County636.7+2.1%
10Coos County470.3+2.3%

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About this ranking

Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.

Counted where the jobs are, not where the workers live, so places with many commuters coming in can pay more in wages than their residents receive in personal income (the District of Columbia does). Excludes employer contributions to pensions, insurance and social security, and the income of the self-employed.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in New Hampshire by wages and salaries paid, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip

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CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in New Hampshire by wages and salaries paid, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/new-hampshire-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in New Hampshire by wages and salaries paid, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/new-hampshire-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in New Hampshire by wages and salaries paid, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/new-hampshire-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest wages and salaries paid?

Hillsborough County, with $12.76 billion in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest wages and salaries paid?

Coos County, with $470.26 million in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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