N e w H a m p s h i r e , 2 0 1 7 • S T U F F 9
Ben Karjala
Age: 23
Title: Brewer
Company: 603 Brewery
Location: Londonderry
Residence: Chester
Education: High school
graduate; brewing
certificate from Sibbel
Institute of Technology
Salary: $30,000 to
$35,000
Fruit beer: Brewing
is pretty much also my
hobby. I just brewed a
Peach IPA that has peach
puree and vanilla bean
in it, and it's pretty good.
engineering design at Nashua Community College,
already makes close to $30,000 as a quality inspec-
tor at Omni Compoents in Hudson. Dubbed
"Hawkeye" by her coworkers, Cardenas says her
goal is to one day see her own mechanical designs
come to fruition.
"I just want to make stuff," she says. "I have a
long way to go. If you want to be a good designer,
you have to know the entire process from start to
finish."
Wanted: young workers
Nationwide, there were just under 1.3 million 16-24
year olds in the manufacturing sector in 2016. In New
Hampshire, the manufacturing sector supports 67,218
workers across roughly 1,950 businesses. Simply put,
manufacturing is a major economic driver and one of
the state's largest industries – behind only retail,
health care, and government, according to a 2016
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FA C T O I D
68,095
People employed in
the New Hampshire
manufacturing
industry in 2016, the
highest employment
level since 2008
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