Architectural and Engineering Managers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$128,992
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$43,248
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$122,447
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
$172,240
Kept after tax
$128,992
Worth in national money
$122,447
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $172,240, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 0.57% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 7 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $172,240 the take-home is $128,992; in national-average money that behaves like $122,447. The average comes to $185,980, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Hampshire's median for architectural and engineering managers is $172,240, about 0.57% above the national figure and 15 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, architectural and engineering managers sits 7 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for architectural and engineering managers in New Hampshire, on $172,240, is $128,992; deflated by the state's price level, $122,447. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $185,980 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Architectural and Engineering Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $120,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $172,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $266,950 |
| This salary | $172,240 |
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 | $128,992 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $128,992 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,295 |
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 | $172,240 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,636 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $172,240 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $120,350 and the ninetieth is $266,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $128,992, from $172,240, 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 7 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 $122,447 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 7.
- The New Hampshire median of $172,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $120,350 to $266,950. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $128,992 from $172,240. 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 7 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $122,447, worked from $172,240, 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 7 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $185,980, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $120,350 and the top tenth $266,950 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $122,447 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $128,992 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $185,980. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($120,350) and the ninetieth ($266,950) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $122,447 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 $128,992 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.