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The unemployment rate in 2023 in Bethlehem, NH was 2.0%, which was 25.0% less than the unemployment rate of 2.5% across the entire state of New Hampshire. Compared to the unemployment rate of 4.3% in 2013, this represents a decrease of 115.0%. The most common industries in Bethlehem are: Accommodation & food services (12.6% of civilian employees), Health care (10.3% of civilian employees), Educational services (9.8% of civilian employees). 59.9% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 14.2% less than the rate of 68.4% across the entire state of New Hampshire.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
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Industry | All | Males | Females |
Accommodation and food services | 12.6% (157) | 12.2% (81) | 12.9% (76) |
Health care | 10.3% (129) | 5.6% (37) | 15.7% (92) |
Educational services | 9.8% (123) | 7.4% (49) | 12.6% (74) |
Construction | 7.4% (93) | 13.4% (89) | 0.7% (4) |
Metal and metal products | 5.1% (64) | 6.3% (42) | 3.7% (22) |
Public administration | 4.5% (56) | 4.1% (27) | 4.9% (29) |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3.7% (46) | 4.1% (27) | 3.2% (19) |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 3.4% (43) | 3.3% (22) | 3.6% (21) |
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 3.2% (40) | 1.1% (7) | 5.6% (33) |
Machinery | 2.7% (34) | 2.4% (16) | 3.1% (18) |
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 2.6% (32) | 2.3% (15) | 2.9% (17) |
Repair and maintenance | 2.5% (31) | 3.8% (25) | 1.0% (6) |
Food and beverage stores | 2.5% (31) | 1.2% (8) | 3.9% (23) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 2.5% (31) | 1.8% (12) | 3.2% (19) |
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 2.3% (29) | 1.7% (11) | 3.1% (18) |
Paper | 1.8% (23) | 3.5% (23) | 0.0% (0) |
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 1.6% (20) | 2.0% (13) | 1.2% (7) |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 1.4% (17) | 2.1% (14) | 0.5% (3) |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.4% (17) | 2.6% (17) | 0.0% (0) |
Social assistance | 1.3% (16) | 0.6% (4) | 2.0% (12) |
Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.2% (15) | 0.2% (1) | 2.4% (14) |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.1% (14) | 1.5% (10) | 0.7% (4) |
Furniture and related product manufacturing | 1.0% (13) | 1.7% (11) | 0.3% (2) |
Nonmetallic mineral products | 1.0% (12) | 1.4% (9) | 0.5% (3) |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 0.9% (11) | 1.1% (7) | 0.7% (4) |
U. S. Postal service | 0.9% (11) | 0.6% (4) | 1.2% (7) |
Food | 0.8% (10) | 1.5% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.8% (10) | 0.5% (3) | 1.2% (7) |
Finance and insurance | 0.8% (10) | 0.2% (1) | 1.5% (9) |
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.8% (10) | 1.5% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
Personal and laundry services | 0.6% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (8) |
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.6% (8) | 0.6% (4) | 0.7% (4) |
Utilities | 0.6% (8) | 1.2% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Printing and related support activities | 0.5% (6) | 0.9% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Other direct selling establishments | 0.5% (6) | 0.9% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (5) | 0.5% (3) | 0.3% (2) |
Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.4% (5) | 0.3% (2) | 0.5% (3) |
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (5) | 0.8% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
Private households | 0.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (5) |
Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.3% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (4) |
Leather and allied products | 0.3% (4) | 0.3% (2) | 0.3% (2) |
Truck transportation | 0.3% (4) | 0.5% (3) | 0.2% (1) |
Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.2% (3) | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Book stores and news dealers | 0.2% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (3) |
Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (3) | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Computer and electronic products | 0.2% (3) | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (2) |
Rail transportation | 0.2% (2) | 0.3% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (2) | 0.3% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Gasoline stations | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (2) |
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (2) |
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (2) |
Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (2) |
Transportation equipment | 0.2% (2) | 0.3% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Plastics and rubber products | 0.2% (2) | 0.3% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Wood products | 0.2% (2) | 0.3% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment in Bethlehem
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 4.6%Males
- 2.8%Females
Unemployment in 2023:
Bethlehem: | 2.0% |
New Hampshire: | 2.5% |
Unemployment in 2022:
Bethlehem: | 2.4% |
New Hampshire: | 2.5% |
Unemployment in 2021:
Bethlehem: | 3.3% |
New Hampshire: | 3.4% |
Unemployment in 2020:
Bethlehem: | 8.0% |
New Hampshire: | 6.7% |
Unemployment in 2019:
Bethlehem: | 2.5% |
New Hampshire: | 2.6% |
Unemployment in 2018:
Bethlehem: | 2.3% |
New Hampshire: | 2.6% |
Unemployment in 2017:
Bethlehem: | 2.4% |
New Hampshire: | 2.8% |
Unemployment in 2016:
Bethlehem: | 2.6% |
New Hampshire: | 2.9% |
Unemployment in 2015:
Bethlehem: | 3.2% |
New Hampshire: | 3.4% |
Unemployment in 2014:
Bethlehem: | 3.8% |
New Hampshire: | 4.3% |
Unemployment in 2013:
Bethlehem: | 4.3% |
New Hampshire: | 5.3% |
Unemployment in 2012:
Bethlehem: | 5.2% |
New Hampshire: | 5.4% |
Unemployment in 2011:
Bethlehem: | 5.5% |
New Hampshire: | 5.5% |
Unemployment in 2010:
Bethlehem: | 5.9% |
New Hampshire: | 6.1% |
Unemployment in 2009:
Bethlehem: | 5.9% |
New Hampshire: | 6.1% |
Unemployment in 2008:
Bethlehem: | 3.2% |
New Hampshire: | 3.7% |
Unemployment in 2007:
Bethlehem: | 2.7% |
New Hampshire: | 3.5% |
Unemployment in 2006:
Bethlehem: | 3.2% |
New Hampshire: | 3.5% |
Unemployment in 2005:
Bethlehem: | 3.1% |
New Hampshire: | 3.6% |
Unemployment in 2004:
Bethlehem: | 3.4% |
New Hampshire: | 3.8% |
Unemployment in 2003:
Bethlehem: | 3.6% |
New Hampshire: | 4.5% |
Unemployment in 2002:
Bethlehem: | 3.3% |
New Hampshire: | 4.5% |
Unemployment in 2001:
Bethlehem: | 3.2% |
New Hampshire: | 3.4% |
Unemployment in 2000:
Bethlehem: | 2.9% |
New Hampshire: | 2.7% |
Unemployment in 1999:
Bethlehem: | 3.5% |
New Hampshire: | 2.7% |
Unemployment in 1998:
Bethlehem: | 4.0% |
New Hampshire: | 2.8% |
Unemployment in 1997:
Bethlehem: | 5.2% |
New Hampshire: | 3.4% |
Unemployment in 1996:
Bethlehem: | 7.9% |
New Hampshire: | 3.8% |
Unemployment in 1995:
Bethlehem: | 6.4% |
New Hampshire: | 3.8% |
Unemployment in 1994:
Bethlehem: | 5.0% |
New Hampshire: | 4.5% |
Unemployment in 1993:
Bethlehem: | 7.8% |
New Hampshire: | 6.1% |
Unemployment in 1992:
Bethlehem: | 8.7% |
New Hampshire: | 7.3% |
Unemployment in 1991:
Bethlehem: | 7.8% |
New Hampshire: | 6.8% |
Unemployment in 1990:
Bethlehem: | 5.4% |
New Hampshire: | 5.3% |
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
Bethlehem: | 2.8% (35) |
New Hampshire: | 3.3% (20,948) |
5:30am:
Bethlehem: | 1.1% (14) |
New Hampshire: | 3.1% (19,529) |
6am:
Bethlehem: | 3.1% (38) |
New Hampshire: | 4.8% (30,560) |
6:30am:
Bethlehem: | 9.6% (118) |
New Hampshire: | 8.7% (55,574) |
7am:
Bethlehem: | 12.1% (149) |
New Hampshire: | 11.3% (72,142) |
7:30am:
Bethlehem: | 18.3% (225) |
New Hampshire: | 14.7% (93,945) |
8am:
Bethlehem: | 17.5% (215) |
New Hampshire: | 14.7% (93,766) |
8:30am:
Bethlehem: | 6.3% (78) |
New Hampshire: | 10.7% (68,355) |
9am:
Bethlehem: | 3.6% (44) |
New Hampshire: | 4.9% (31,547) |
10am:
Bethlehem: | 4.3% (53) |
New Hampshire: | 4.4% (28,251) |
11am:
Bethlehem: | 0.8% (10) |
New Hampshire: | 1.9% (12,237) |
12pm:
Bethlehem: | 0.7% (9) |
New Hampshire: | 0.9% (5,974) |
4pm:
Bethlehem: | 8.0% (98) |
New Hampshire: | 6.8% (43,620) |
>4pm:
Bethlehem: | 4.7% (58) |
New Hampshire: | 5.8% (36,810) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 6.3% (77) |
New Hampshire: | 3.9% (24,932) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 12.5% (154) |
New Hampshire: | 11.7% (74,466) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 24.5% (301) |
New Hampshire: | 15.2% (97,185) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 21.1% (259) |
New Hampshire: | 14.3% (91,417) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 10.7% (131) |
New Hampshire: | 13.1% (83,562) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 3.8% (47) |
New Hampshire: | 5.7% (36,290) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 5.3% (65) |
New Hampshire: | 10.9% (69,722) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 0.7% (8) |
New Hampshire: | 2.7% (17,218) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 1.7% (21) |
New Hampshire: | 3.2% (20,648) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 2.0% (25) |
New Hampshire: | 6.9% (44,234) |
60 to 89 minutes:
Bethlehem: | 1.2% (15) |
New Hampshire: | 5.7% (36,458) |
90 or more minutes:
Bethlehem: | 3.3% (41) |
New Hampshire: | 2.7% (17,126) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Bethlehem: | 77.7% (955) |
New Hampshire: | 81.8% (522,043) |
Carpooled:
Bethlehem: | 10.3% (126) |
New Hampshire: | 9.8% (62,763) |
Bus or trolley bus:
Bethlehem: | 0.2% (3) |
New Hampshire: | 0.5% (3,046) |
Railroad:
Bethlehem: | 0.2% (2) |
New Hampshire: | 0.1% (571) |
Walked:
Bethlehem: | 3.7% (46) |
New Hampshire: | 2.9% (18,545) |
Other means:
Bethlehem: | 1.0% (12) |
New Hampshire: | 0.6% (3,656) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Bethlehem: | 88.3% (955) |
New Hampshire: | 89.3% (522,043) |
In 2 person carpool:
Bethlehem: | 10.9% (118) |
New Hampshire: | 9.0% (52,861) |
In 3 person carpool:
Bethlehem: | 0.7% (8) |
New Hampshire: | 1.2% (7,103) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Bethlehem: | 59.9% (749) |
New Hampshire: | 68.4% (445,255) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Bethlehem: | 2.2% (28) |
New Hampshire: | 2.9% (18,595) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Bethlehem: | 8.0% (100) |
New Hampshire: | 8.1% (52,725) |
Local government workers:
Bethlehem: | 9.8% (123) |
New Hampshire: | 7.2% (46,607) |
State government workers:
Bethlehem: | 6.9% (86) |
New Hampshire: | 3.3% (21,558) |
Federal government workers:
Bethlehem: | 2.2% (27) |
New Hampshire: | 2.3% (15,106) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Bethlehem: | 10.3% (129) |
New Hampshire: | 7.6% (49,520) |
Unpaid family workers:
Bethlehem: | 0.6% (8) |
New Hampshire: | 0.2% (1,505) |
Employee of private company - Males:
Bethlehem: | 60.0% (398) |
New Hampshire: | 71.5% (246,493) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
Bethlehem: | 2.6% (17) |
New Hampshire: | 4.0% (13,714) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Bethlehem: | 6.0% (40) |
New Hampshire: | 4.7% (16,096) |
Local government workers - Males:
Bethlehem: | 7.5% (50) |
New Hampshire: | 4.8% (16,494) |
State government workers - Males:
Bethlehem: | 7.7% (51) |
New Hampshire: | 3.0% (10,226) |
Federal government workers - Males:
Bethlehem: | 1.7% (11) |
New Hampshire: | 2.6% (8,801) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Bethlehem: | 14.2% (94) |
New Hampshire: | 9.3% (32,158) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
Bethlehem: | 0.3% (2) |
New Hampshire: | 0.2% (602) |
Employee of private company - Females:
Bethlehem: | 59.8% (351) |
New Hampshire: | 64.9% (198,762) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
Bethlehem: | 1.9% (11) |
New Hampshire: | 1.6% (4,881) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Bethlehem: | 10.2% (60) |
New Hampshire: | 12.0% (36,629) |
Local government workers - Females:
Bethlehem: | 12.4% (73) |
New Hampshire: | 9.8% (30,113) |
State government workers - Females:
Bethlehem: | 6.0% (35) |
New Hampshire: | 3.7% (11,332) |
Federal government workers - Females:
Bethlehem: | 2.7% (16) |
New Hampshire: | 2.1% (6,305) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Bethlehem: | 6.0% (35) |
New Hampshire: | 5.7% (17,362) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
Bethlehem: | 1.0% (6) |
New Hampshire: | 0.3% (903) |