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14 S T U F F • N e w H a m p s h i r e , 2 0 1 7 Ryan Chartier Age: 22 Title: Manufacturing Engineer Company: Ametek/ Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Location: Milford Residence: Bow Education: Bachelor in mechanical engineering technology from UNH Manchester Salary: $57,327- $68,245 Hobby: I'm really into cars, Saabs in particular. I have a 1963, a '91 and a '97. I was looking for a job that would help me put myself through school. Got a job running a CNC machine in Manchester, and then once I was a machinist for a little while, I realized that this was the kind of environment I wanted to be in. workers like microelectronic technicians is in the range of $22 to $24 per hour. Patience Cyr, 20, a stitcher at Globe Manufacturing in Pittsfield says she likes the incen- tives of doing piece work. Cyr is responsible for attaching trim to pant legs of firefighter turnout gear and gets paid for each trim she stitches. She explains she can never make less than $10 and, depending on how hard she works, can make pretty much as much as she wants in a day. "I'm making more money that a lot of my friends are at my age right now," says Cyr, who got into man- ufacturing because she wasn't making ends meet working the part-time jobs available near her home- town. "They don't believe me about how much money I make by stitching because people think that stitching, you're not getting paid good, but really I just work really hard every day." But at the heart of a career in manufacturing, is simply the love of making things. That certainly was true for Alex Nichols, 23, a level 2 operator at C&M Machine Products in Hudson. Nichols came to man- ufacturing because he found himself on his own and supporting his siblings at a young age. "When I first got started, I didn't know much about it," Nichols says. "I thought it was just making parts and checking them. But it's more than that. To me it's another form of being a mechanic. I get to change things, I get to fix things, and the best feeling is: someone is using my part. Someone is using my part, that I made. … Manufacturing, it makes the world go 'round." Continued from page 13 S FA C T O I D Annual salary for New Hampshire computer hardware engineers, the highest-paying manufacturing job in the state $132,580 P H O T O / J E S S I C A A R N O L D