Cashiers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,370
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$4,470
13.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,880
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
$33,840
Kept after tax
$29,370
Worth in national money
$27,880
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 20 of 51 states for cashiers, with a middle wage of $33,840. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, cashiers ranks 476. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $33,840 the take-home is $29,370. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $27,880 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $33,380, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- New Hampshire ranks 20 of 51 for cashiers at $33,840. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, cashiers ranks 476 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $29,370 for cashiers, from $33,840. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $27,880. ⚠️ 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 $33,380 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,990 |
| This salary | $33,840 |
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 | $29,370 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,370 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,344 |
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 | $33,840 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,835 |
| 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 $33,840. The published range is $27,380 up to $38,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $29,370, from $33,840, 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 476 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $27,880, the adjusted value of that $33,840 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 476 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for cashiers in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,380 to $38,990. 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 $29,370 from $33,840. 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 476 of 488 locally.
- This $27,880 adjusted figure, worked from $33,840, 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 476 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 476 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $27,380 and the top tenth $38,990, 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 $27,880 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $29,370 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 ($27,380 to $38,990) 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 $27,880 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 $29,370 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.