Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,053
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$12,337
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,057
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
$71,390
Kept after tax
$59,053
Worth in national money
$56,057
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $71,390, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 15.57% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 183 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $71,390 the take-home is $59,053. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $56,057 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $72,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's median for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists is $71,390, about 15.57% above the national figure and 8 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.
- Position 183 of 488 in New Hampshire places bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 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 $59,053 for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists, from $71,390. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,057. ⚠️ 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 $72,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,590 |
| This salary | $71,390 |
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 | $59,053 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,053 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,713 |
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 | $71,390 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,308 |
| 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 bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists in New Hampshire earn under $71,390 and half over. The published range runs $52,730 at the tenth percentile to $99,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $59,053 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $71,390. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 183 of 488.
- Two cautions on $56,057, the adjusted value of that $71,390 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 183 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,730 to $99,590; 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.
- Retained pay of $59,053, from $71,390, assumes a single New Hampshire filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 183 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- This $56,057 adjusted figure, worked from $71,390, 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 183 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 183 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $52,730 and the top tenth $99,590, 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?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $56,057 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $59,053 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($52,730 to $99,590) 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 $56,057 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 $59,053 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.