Atmospheric and Space Scientists in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,586
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,234
14.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,730
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
$42,820
Kept after tax
$36,586
Worth in national money
$34,730
State rank
47
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Hampshire pays atmospheric and space scientists a middle wage of $42,820, 47 of 47 states and about 56.78% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, atmospheric and space scientists ranks 419. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $42,820, tax leaves $36,586 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,730 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $52,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire's $42,820 median for atmospheric and space scientists places it 47 of 47 states, about 56.78% 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.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, atmospheric and space scientists ranks 419 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $36,586 remains from the New Hampshire median of $42,820 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,730 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $52,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Atmospheric and Space Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,100 |
| This salary | $42,820 |
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 | $36,586 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,586 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,920 |
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 | $42,820 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,531 |
| 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 $42,820. The published range is $40,350 up to $65,100, 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 $36,586, worked from $42,820. 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 419 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 $34,730, the adjusted value of that $42,820 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 419 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for atmospheric and space scientists in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,350 to $65,100. 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 $36,586, on $42,820 for work ranking 419 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 419 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $34,730 — the adjusted value of that $42,820 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 419 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $52,790 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,350 at the bottom tenth to $65,100 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,730 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $36,586 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $52,790. 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 ($40,350 to $65,100) 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 $34,730 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 $36,586 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.