A biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics from NH Business Review
a A new MyPerfectResume survey of 1,000 U.S. workers found: 62% said increasing their efforts at work resulted in little or no meaningful financial improvement. Instead, many people turn to side jobs, overtime, debt, and delayed life decisions just to make ends meet.
new According to research by Robert Half, Last year, 54% of professionals didn’t use all of their paid time off. Among those who left their PTO on hold, 32% said they were worried about their workload increasing while they were away, and 27% said they didn’t have adequate backup support. As a result, 6 out of 10 people said they were experiencing burnout.
Nine in 10 (89%) adults under 40 say it is harder for young people today to buy a home than their parents’ generation. According to a new study from Pew Research Center. Young people are also less likely than older people to think that buying a home is a very good investment. In 2019, 56% of renter households under the age of 40 had enough income to pay the monthly costs of owning a home. By 2024, that percentage had dropped to 37%.
almost 46 million American households choose to rent rather than buy a home due to convenience, cost, or availability. WalletHub’s “America’s Best and Worst Places to Rent” study ranked Nashua, New Hampshire, No. 11 based on a variety of important criteria, including rental attractiveness and quality of life. Manchester, New Hampshire also ranked high at No. 23.
a New research by Hubble reveals that U.S. metros are best positioned for the AI economy, with Manchester, New Hampshire ranked 11th overall, earning “established hub” status and entering the nation’s top 20. The ranking is based on data showing that 44.4% of university graduates in metropolitan areas have a STEM degree, and Manchester was found to have the highest rate of growth in tech jobs in the study, with a tech job density of 46.1 jobs per 1,000 workers.
