NEW Hampshire residents face the 10th-highest average losses due to cybercrime at $22,569 per victim, according to a new study from SSL certificate experts, SSL Dragon. Despite its smaller population and a total of 2,340 victims, the state recorded total cybercrime losses exceeding $52.8 million. Oregon was the most financially devastating state for cybercrime victims, with an average loss of $65,045 per victim, which is more than double the amount of any other state.
RESEARCHERS at ETQ pulled data from 49 individual state agencies to create a manufacturing job growth dataset, which revealed that manufacturing employment is projected to grow by 3% in New Hampshire between 2022 and 2032. That equates to a total gain of 2,123 manufacturing jobs. However, most manufacturing job growth over that same time period is projected to be seen primarily in the South and Mountain West of the U.S.
YOUNGER Americans are more likely than older adults to get news from podcasts, according to a Pew Research Center study. About four-in-10 U.S. adults under 50 (39%) say they get news from podcasts often or sometimes, compared with 24% of those ages 50 and older. Across all age groups, the share of adults who get news from podcasts has grown since 2020.
A recent WalletHub study revealed that Nashua ranks No. 37 on its list of Best and Worst Places to Retire. Nashua ranked highly for its access to health care centers, but ranked much lower (No. 90 out of 182 nationwide) when looking at affordability. Manchester ranked 61 overall, and also ranked higher (No. 25) for access to health care and medical facilities.
THE NH Fiscal Policy Institute released new data that shows New Hampshire workers continue to work from home long past the pandemic. About 16%, or 121,000 New Hampshire residents age 16 or over who were working in 2024, worked from home in 2024. In 2021, it was 19.3%, a big increase from the 7.3% of workers, or about 52,800, who worked from home in 2019. For those traveling into the workplace, about 546,000 commuters (72%) drove to work on their own to get to their job, while another 54,000 (7%) carpooled to work, 2.4% walked to work, and 2% either used public transit, a motorcycle, taxi, bicycle or some other means to travel to their employment.
