Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,247
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$5,173
13.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,611
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
$37,420
Kept after tax
$32,247
Worth in national money
$30,611
State rank
14
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 $37,420, ranking 14 of 51 states and sitting about 4.44% above the national middle.
- Against 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes, this job lands at 452. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $37,420, tax leaves $32,247 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $30,611 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $38,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire's median for cleaners of vehicles and equipment is $37,420, about 4.44% above the national figure and 14 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.
- Within New Hampshire, this work ranks 452 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $32,247 remains from the New Hampshire median of $37,420 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $30,611 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $38,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,120 |
| This salary | $37,420 |
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 | $32,247 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,247 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,574 |
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 | $37,420 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,113 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,420 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,200 and the ninetieth is $48,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $32,247, from $37,420, 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 452 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 $30,611 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 452.
- The New Hampshire median of $37,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,200 to $48,120. 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 $32,247 from $37,420. 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 452 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,611, worked from $37,420, 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 452 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 $38,810 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 $30,200 at the bottom tenth to $48,120 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $30,611 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $32,247 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.
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.
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 $38,810. 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 ($30,200 to $48,120) 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 $30,611 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 $32,247 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.