The below Fact Sheet explains how funds for public education are raised in New Hampshire and how the State calculates the amount of funding each municipalities receives. To learn more about State funding for public education in New Hampshire, see NHFPI's August 2026 Issue Brief Why State Adequate Education Aid Varies by Community. You can ...

The ECE center-based workforce experienced an approximately 8 percent reduction in the number of individuals employed in the New Hampshire ECE workforce between 2023 and 2024, despite the Granite State workforce experiencing a net increase of approximately 1 percent during the same period.

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of key facts about funding education in New Hampshire.

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of key facts about early care and education in New Hampshire.

In 2023, the average annual price for an infant in center-based child care in New Hampshire was $17,250, and $11,402 annually for family child care. The average annual price for both an infant and a four-year old in center-based care was $31,868.[1] The federal government set an affordability benchmark of seven percent of household income ...

Traditional economic theory postulates that when supply is low and demand is high, prices increase. As the supply of a good or service increases to become readily available relative to the demand for it, prices begin to decrease. The child care industry, however, does not function as traditional economic theory would suggest. In New Hampshire ...