 The June unemployment rate in the Granite State is at 2.5%. That's unchanged from May. New Hampshire unemployment security reported nearly 751,000 residents are working while over 19,000 are unemployed. Based on wastewater data, the level of COVID in New Hampshire is considered high. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wastewater surveillance is used as an early warning system because an increase in COVID levels usually comes before an uptick in confirmed cases.