Biological Scientists, All Other in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,741
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$15,999
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,304
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
$83,740
Kept after tax
$67,741
Worth in national money
$64,304
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire sits in the middle of the pack for biological scientists, all other. The median is $83,740, ranking 32 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations New Hampshire reports, biological scientists, all other comes in at 111 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $83,740, tax leaves $67,741 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $64,304 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $94,460, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire occupies the middle band for biological scientists, all other: a median of $83,740, ranking 32 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Biological scientists, all other ranks 111 of 488 occupations by median in New Hampshire, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $67,741 remains from the New Hampshire median of $83,740 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $64,304 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $94,460 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Biological Scientists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,750 |
| This salary | $83,740 |
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 | $67,741 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,741 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,406 |
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 | $83,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,468 |
| 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 $83,740. The published range is $63,790 up to $131,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $67,741, from $83,740, 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 111 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 $64,304 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 111.
- Reported values are medians; for biological scientists, all other in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,790 to $131,750. 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 $67,741 from $83,740. 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 111 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,304, worked from $83,740, 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 111 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 $94,460 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,790 at the bottom tenth to $131,750 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $64,304 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $67,741 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 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 $94,460. 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 ($63,790) and the ninetieth ($131,750) 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 $64,304 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 $67,741 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.