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- As of July, the average hourly wage for private employment in New Hampshire was $26.22, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- New Hampshire’s real per capita personal income is up more than $4,000 since the recession.
- Hillsborough County was in the top ten counties in the country for wage growth last year.
- As of August New Hampshire was among the top five states (for wage growth).
- Only 8,004 Granite Staters were working at the minimum wage or less in 2017 (a 48 percent decline from 2016).
- Less than 1 percent of New Hampshire’s working-age population makes the minimum wage or less.
- 49.4 percent of Granite Staters who make the minimum wage or less are between the ages of 16-24.
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