Biological Technicians in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,806
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$8,734
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,432
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
$55,540
Kept after tax
$46,806
Worth in national money
$44,432
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays biological technicians a middle wage of $55,540, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 3.43% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 301.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $55,540 the take-home is $46,806. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $44,432 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $57,870, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's median for biological technicians is $55,540, about 3.43% above the national figure and 16 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.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, biological technicians sits at 301 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $46,806 for biological technicians, from $55,540. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,432. ⚠️ 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 $57,870 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,860 |
| This salary | $55,540 |
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 | $46,806 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,806 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,736 |
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 | $55,540 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,518 |
| 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 $55,540. The published range is $41,410 up to $77,860, 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 $46,806, worked from $55,540. 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 301 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 $44,432, the adjusted value of that $55,540 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 301 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for biological technicians in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,410 to $77,860. 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 $46,806, on $55,540 for work ranking 301 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 301 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $44,432 — the adjusted value of that $55,540 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 301 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 $57,870, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,410 and the top tenth $77,860, so most people doing this work in New Hampshire sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,432 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $46,806 of this wage reaches your account, because New Hampshire takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $57,870. 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 ($41,410 to $77,860) 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 $44,432 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 $46,806 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.