The New Hampshire’s Basic Needs & Livable Wage 2006 research study reports the costs of basic needs budgets, including such items as child care, health care, and housing, for seven family types by county.  Hourly and annual livable wages to cover the basic needs budgets are then calculated for each family type.

The study is intended to provide policy-makers, employers, non-profit organizations, and the general public with data on the cost of basic needs for families in New Hampshire and wages sufficient to pay for those needs.  It does not advocate for any specific public policy.

New Hampshire's Basic Needs & Livable Wage 2006

The 2006 Livable Wage report is available for download (47 pages), or as a printed version at $5 per copy.

The Summary handout (one page, double sided) is available for download or as a printed version, at no charge.

2006 Livable Wage Report

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2006 Livable Wage Summary Handout

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For more information contact Heidi Edwards Dunn, UNH Office of Economic Initiatives, 603-227-0417, h.edwardsdunn@unh.edu.

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2000 NH Basic Needs & Livable Wage report - Please note that the methodologies of the 2000 and 2006 studies are different.  2006 offers more comparability to Livable Wage studies from other New England states. Click here to view the 2000 NH Basic Needs & Livable Wage report.

Commissioned by: UNH Office of Economic Initiatives, a division of SBDC, and the North Country Council

Research by: D.A. Kenyon & Associates

Funded by: Endowment for Health, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Providian Financial, HNHfoundation, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc., Anne Slade-Frey Charitable Trust