According to a new NHFPI analysis, New Hampshire’s labor market slowed in 2025. Economic uncertainty appears to have slowed hiring, weakened payroll employment, and pushed unemployment slightly higher as more people entered the labor force than employers were ready to hire.

NHFPI's Ben Reynolds released a new analysis of shifts in New Hampshire's State education funding formula. In 2026, 109 New Hampshire communities lost an average of $137,115.96 in school funding and cuts will grow every two years as the Hold Harmless Grant continues to phase out. Municipal officials, school boards, and district staff will need to begin planning for continued reductions through at least 2035.

A new NHFPI analysis of federal income tax returns data shows that Granite Staters earned money from a wide variety of sources. Of the $76.8 billion in income reported, salaries and wages were the dominant source, but pensions and retirement income mattered more for lower and middle income Granite Staters. At the top end of the scale, business income and selling assets were a larger share of income, with about 76% of all capital gain income, and 36% of all dividend income, accruing to the top 1% of filers.