Athletic Trainers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,551
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$9,649
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,986
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
$60,200
Kept after tax
$50,551
Worth in national money
$47,986
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Hampshire pays athletic trainers a middle wage of $60,200, 34 of 50 states and about 3.71% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Athletic trainers ranks 265 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,200 the take-home is $50,551. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,986 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $64,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's $60,200 median for athletic trainers places it 34 of 50 states, about 3.71% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 265 of 488 in New Hampshire places athletic trainers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $50,551 for athletic trainers, from $60,200. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,986. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $64,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Athletic Trainers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,050 |
| This salary | $60,200 |
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 | $50,551 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,551 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,034 |
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 | $60,200 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,879 |
| 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 $60,200. The published range is $46,640 up to $93,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $50,551, worked from $60,200. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 265 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,986, the adjusted value of that $60,200 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 265 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for athletic trainers in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,640 to $93,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $50,551, on $60,200 for work ranking 265 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 265 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $47,986 — the adjusted value of that $60,200 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 265 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 $64,950, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,640 and the top tenth $93,050 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Hampshire run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $47,986 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,551 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $64,950. 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 ($46,640) and the ninetieth ($93,050) 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 $47,986 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 $50,551 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.