Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,738
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$8,472
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,417
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
$54,210
Kept after tax
$45,738
Worth in national money
$43,417
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 32 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $54,210. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 311.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $54,210, tax leaves $45,738 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $43,417 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $58,570, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire ranks 32 of 51 for cement masons and concrete finishers at $54,210. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, cement masons and concrete finishers sits at 311 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.
- After tax, $45,738 remains from the New Hampshire median of $54,210 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $43,417 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,570 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,570 |
| This salary | $54,210 |
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 | $45,738 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,738 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,650 |
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 | $54,210 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,415 |
| 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 cement masons and concrete finishers in New Hampshire earn under $54,210 and half over. The published range runs $45,120 at the tenth percentile to $75,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $45,738, from $54,210, 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 311 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,417, the adjusted value of that $54,210 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 311 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for cement masons and concrete finishers in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,120 to $75,570; 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 $45,738 from $54,210. 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 311 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $43,417 — the adjusted value of that $54,210 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 311 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 $58,570 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 $45,120 at the bottom tenth to $75,570 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 $43,417 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $45,738 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $58,570. 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 ($45,120 to $75,570) 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 $43,417 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 $45,738 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.