Civil Engineers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,272
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$20,438
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,301
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
$98,710
Kept after tax
$78,272
Worth in national money
$74,301
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays civil engineers around $98,710 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations New Hampshire reports, civil engineers comes in at 79 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $98,710, tax leaves $78,272 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $74,301 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $99,620, since top earners drag the number up.
- For civil engineers the New Hampshire median is $98,710, ranking 26 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Civil engineers ranks 79 of 488 occupations by median in New Hampshire, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $78,272 remains from the New Hampshire median of $98,710 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $74,301 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $99,620 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Civil Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,060 |
| This salary | $98,710 |
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 | $78,272 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,272 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,247 |
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 | $98,710 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,629 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,710 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,270 and the ninetieth is $139,060 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $78,272, from $98,710, 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 79 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,301 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 79.
- The New Hampshire median of $98,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,270 to $139,060. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,272 from $98,710. 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 79 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,301, worked from $98,710, 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 79 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $64,270 at the bottom tenth to $139,060 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $74,301 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $78,272 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($64,270) and the ninetieth ($139,060) 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 $74,301 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 $78,272 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.