New Hampshire
Refrigeration Technician Jobs in New Hampshire
New Hampshire refrigeration work is spread across a handful of settings rather than one dominant industry: food distribution, hospitals, universities, grocery, and commercial service all hire. That variety is the defining feature here, so the credential and system mix you need shifts by employer. Openings concentrate around Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Portsmouth, and Lebanon, and pay depends on the plant environment, on-call demands, and your certification level.
Where the Work Is
Settings That Hire in New Hampshire
Food DistributionCold Storage
Refrigerated warehouse and distribution cooling, often the largest rack and industrial systems in the state.
Healthcare & UniversitiesFacilities
Hospital and campus facility teams keeping labs, kitchens, and cold storage in spec.
GroceryRack Refrigeration
Supermarket rack systems and walk-in cooling across the metro grocery footprint.
Commercial ServiceService Contractor
Contractor route covering restaurants, retail, and light commercial across multiple sites.
Because the work spans so many settings, requirements vary: an EPA 608 certification is federally required to handle refrigerants across all of them, and where a site runs industrial ammonia, a RETA credential like CARO, CIRO, CRES, or CRST helps. New Hampshire's state license rules are worth confirming in the state license requirements guide before you apply.
New Hampshire Refrigeration Jobs FAQ
How much do refrigeration techs make in New Hampshire?
Pay depends on the plant environment, on-call needs, and certification level, so an industrial ammonia operator sits above a grocery or commercial service tech, and on-call rotations add to base. See where the state lands in the salary-by-state ranking.
What certifications do New Hampshire employers expect?
EPA 608 is federally required to handle refrigerants and is the baseline for regulated work; for the ammonia systems at food distribution and processing sites, RETA CARO, CIRO, CRES, or CRST can set you apart.
What kind of refrigeration work is most common here?
There's no single dominant employer, so expect a spread: grocery and commercial service around Manchester and Nashua, plus facility and cold storage roles tied to healthcare, universities, and food distribution.
