The Nashua region is rich in opportunities for those seeking good jobs, and the comfortable local lifestyle attracts the kind of well trained workers that employers are seeking.

The Nashua region's economy offers a wealth of employment opportunities to the newcomer. The region has consistently been a leader in job and wage growth in the State of New Hampshire with all employment sectors growing faster than the state and New England average. Today, the Greater Nashua region offers a vibrant business community teeming with opportunities for newcomers and its 185,000 residents. Nashua boasts a robust and diverse business and employment environment. In the state with the second highest per capita employment in the technology sector in the country, Nashua boasts 22,000 technology jobs, more than twice any other region in the state.

The Nashua area's large employers are familiar names in households nationwide. BAE Systems, information and Electronic Warfare Systems, formerly Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, is the city's near and region's largest employer with almost 5,000 employees. Fidelity investments, one of the world's most diversified and successful financial services company, employs over 2,400 employees at its 560-acre Merrimack campus, and is also one of the fastest growing companies in the region. The Nashua region has also attracted some of this nation's largest technology companies with Oracle, Sun Microsystems and BAE Systems employing over 7,000 employees in the region.

Job growth in Nashua has been particularly impressive in the Manufacturing, Services and Finance, insurance and Real Estate sectors. Growth in these job sectors has consistently outpaced the rest of New Hampshire with job growth at least twice the state average in two of the sectors and in the Finance, Services and Real Estate sector growth being 650 percent faster than the rest of the state. With over 5,000 new jobs being created during the year 2000, employees have found higher than average wages growth in all job sectors.

In the technology sector where job growth has been especially strong, the average weekly wage of $1,110 is higher than any other region in the state. With unemployment hovering near lows of 4.1 - 4.5 percent, Nashua offers more than just a few high-paying technology jobs. The average hourly earnings of production workers in manufacturing industries in New Hampshire rose almost 50 cents an hour to $13.60 per hour during the year ending in January, 2001, with the average number of hours worked in this sector being 41.7 per week.

Regardless of what employment opportunities someone is seeking, the Nashua region offers near endless possibilities. With an unemployment rate that is consistently among the lowest of any region in the country; Nashua's vibrant economy offers a bright future to families and individuals choosing to make Nashua their home.