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Average Plant And System Operators, All Other Salary in New Hampshire

Plant And System Operators, All Other in New Hampshire earn a median annual salary of $62,830, which is +1.8% compared to the national median. There are 160 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for New Hampshire (state).

$62,830
New Hampshire median annual wage
$30/hour median
+1.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $61,710
160
Local employment
0.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.27
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$54,020
25th
$61,110
Median
$62,830
75th
$76,040
90th
$76,130

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in New Hampshire, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
104.2%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$60,318
Goods: 98.6%
Services: 133.7%
Rents: 114.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Minnesota$83,060Compare220
Washington$82,040Compare150
Maryland$80,080Compare260
Montana$78,850Compare200
Alaska$78,620Compare40
Kentucky$77,690Compare120

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in New Hampshire

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$238,3700.85
Psychiatrists$211,3701.04
Podiatrists$211,000N/A
Physicists$179,4400.34
Computer And Information Systems Managers$177,160N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers$171,6302.05
Dentists, General$162,0400.91
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary$154,8401.70

New Hampshire has salary data for 637 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Plant And System Operators, All Other in New Hampshire

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Plant And System Operators, All Other are projected to change by +1.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.