Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,786
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$12,224
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,803
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
$71,010
Kept after tax
$58,786
Worth in national money
$55,803
State rank
7
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 $71,010, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 19.24% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 186.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $71,010, tax leaves $58,786 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $55,803 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $70,740.
- New Hampshire's median for child, family, and school social workers is $71,010, about 19.24% above the national figure and 7 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.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, child, family, and school social workers sits at 186 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, $58,786 remains from the New Hampshire median of $71,010 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $55,803 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $70,740 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Child, Family, and School Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,570 |
| This salary | $71,010 |
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 | $58,786 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,786 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,692 |
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 | $71,010 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,235 |
| 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 child, family, and school social workers in New Hampshire earn under $71,010 and half over. The published range runs $41,150 at the tenth percentile to $101,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $58,786 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $71,010. 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 186 of 488.
- Two cautions on $55,803, the adjusted value of that $71,010 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 186 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for child, family, and school social workers in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,150 to $101,570; 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.
- Retained pay of $58,786, from $71,010, 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 186 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- This $55,803 adjusted figure, worked from $71,010, 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 186 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 186 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $41,150 at the bottom tenth to $101,570 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $55,803 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $58,786 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($41,150) and the ninetieth ($101,570) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $55,803 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 $58,786 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.