Budget Analysts in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,974
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$18,626
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,221
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
$92,600
Kept after tax
$73,974
Worth in national money
$70,221
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 budget analysts a middle wage of $92,600, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 1.05% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, budget analysts ranks 91 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $92,600, tax leaves $73,974 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $70,221 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $97,120, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire's median for budget analysts is $92,600, about 1.05% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, budget analysts sits 91 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.
- After tax, $73,974 remains from the New Hampshire median of $92,600 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $70,221 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $97,120 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,480 |
| This salary | $92,600 |
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 | $73,974 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,974 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,904 |
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 | $92,600 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,155 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of budget analysts in New Hampshire earn under $92,600 and half over. The published range runs $68,080 at the tenth percentile to $130,480 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $73,974, from $92,600, 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 91 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $70,221, the adjusted value of that $92,600 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Hampshire. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 91 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for budget analysts in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $68,080 to $130,480; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $73,974 from $92,600. 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 91 of 488 locally.
- This $70,221 adjusted figure, worked from $92,600, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 91 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 91 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 $97,120 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 $68,080 at the bottom tenth to $130,480 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 $70,221 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $73,974 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 $97,120. 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 ($68,080 to $130,480) 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 $70,221 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 $73,974 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.