The
self-employment rate is the percent of all employed people who have their own businesses (“proprietors”) as opposed to working for someone else in return for wages or salary.
In 2010, the self-employment rate in New Hampshire . . .
- was 22.7,
compared to
22.9
in 2009
and 18.0
in 1999
- was higher than
the rate for
the U.S.
- ranked 17th
– from highest to lowest – out of
the nation's 50 states.
