Aircraft Service Attendants in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,828
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,782
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,858
New Hampshire costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Hampshire — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$45,610
Kept after tax
$38,828
Worth in national money
$36,858
State rank
12
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for aircraft service attendants. The middle earner takes $45,610, which ranks 12 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 12.76% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 402 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $45,610, tax leaves $38,828 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,858 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $43,030.
- New Hampshire ranks 12 of 46 states publishing a median for aircraft service attendants, at $45,610 — about 12.76% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Aircraft service attendants occupies position 402 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $38,828 remains from the New Hampshire median of $45,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,858 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $43,030 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,400 |
| This salary | $45,610 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New Hampshire | $38,828 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,828 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,099 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $45,610 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,748 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Hampshire earn less than $45,610. The published range is $36,290 up to $46,400, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $38,828, from $45,610, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 402 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,858 uses one figure for the whole of New Hampshire. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 402.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft service attendants in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,290 to $46,400. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,828 from $45,610. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 402 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,858, worked from $45,610, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Hampshire address, on work sitting at 402 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $43,030, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,290 at the bottom tenth to $46,400 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $36,858 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $38,828 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New Hampshire is $43,030. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,290 to $46,400) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Hampshire rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Hampshire's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $36,858 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
New Hampshire levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $38,828 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.