Cargo and Freight Agents in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,429
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$11,231
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,566
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
$67,660
Kept after tax
$56,429
Worth in national money
$53,566
State rank
2
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for cargo and freight agents is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $67,660, putting the state 2 of 48 — about 29.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Cargo and freight agents ranks 196 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $67,660 the take-home is $56,429. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $53,566 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $63,920, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For cargo and freight agents, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $67,660, ranking 2 of 48 and running about 29.47% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 196 of 488 in New Hampshire places cargo and freight agents 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 $56,429 for cargo and freight agents, from $67,660. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,566. ⚠️ 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 $63,920 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Cargo and Freight Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,140 |
| This salary | $67,660 |
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 | $56,429 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,429 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,504 |
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 | $67,660 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,591 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $67,660 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,190 and the ninetieth is $85,140 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $56,429 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $67,660. 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 196 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,566 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 196.
- The New Hampshire median of $67,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,190 to $85,140. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $56,429, from $67,660, 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 196 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,566, worked from $67,660, 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 196 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $63,920, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,190 and the top tenth $85,140, 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 $53,566 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $56,429 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $63,920. 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 ($41,190 to $85,140) 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 $53,566 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 $56,429 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.