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New Hampshire

Minimum wage: Federal $7.25 · Not a right-to-work state

Overtime rules

Federal weekly rule only (1.5x over 40 hrs/week)

Federal law is the floor everywhere: 1.5x your regular rate for every hour past 40 in a workweek. Where state law pays more, the state rule wins.

Run the numbers for your week

Labor board contact

New Hampshire Department of Labor

File a wage claim

603-271-3176

Federal option: US DOL Wage and Hour complaint · 1-866-487-9243

Union rights here

New Hampshire is not a right-to-work state. Where a union contract includes a union security clause, covered workers can be required to pay dues or a fair-share fee (public-sector workers are exempt under Janus).

Private-sector organizing is governed by the National Labor Relations Act and enforced by the NLRB. Public employees (state, city, school, transit) are covered by New Hampshire state law instead, which sets its own bargaining rules.

It is illegal for your employer to fire, cut hours, or threaten you for talking with coworkers about pay or organizing.

Organizing help

Minimum wage and rule details change. Confirm current figures with New Hampshire Department of Labor before relying on them.