Labor Force

Highly educated labor pool.  93% of residents hold a high school diploma and 35% hold a Bachelor's Degree or higher.

Residents are highly skilled - with particular strength in engineering, computers, business and financial operations, and management occupations.

Relatively young population base - approximately 60% of residents of working age (18 to 64). This is a better than average proportion when compared to the United States as a whole.

83% of 2007 Merrimack High School graduates went on to a two or four-year college.