Communications Teachers, Postsecondary in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,197
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$19,563
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,331
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
$95,760
Kept after tax
$76,197
Worth in national money
$72,331
State rank
6
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $95,760, putting the state 6 of 48 — about 21.86% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Hampshire. It ranks 87 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $95,760 the take-home is $76,197. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $72,331 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $94,620, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For communications teachers, postsecondary, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $95,760, ranking 6 of 48 and running about 21.86% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within New Hampshire, communications teachers, postsecondary ranks 87 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $76,197 for communications teachers, postsecondary, from $95,760. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $72,331. ⚠️ 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 $94,620 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,250 |
| This salary | $95,760 |
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 | $76,197 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,197 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,081 |
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 | $95,760 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,400 |
| 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 communications teachers, postsecondary in New Hampshire earn under $95,760 and half over. The published range runs $67,570 at the tenth percentile to $109,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $76,197 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $95,760. 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 87 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $72,331, the adjusted value of that $95,760 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 87 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for communications teachers, postsecondary in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,570 to $109,250; 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 $76,197, from $95,760, 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 87 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $72,331 — the adjusted value of that $95,760 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 87 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $67,570 and the top tenth $109,250, 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 $72,331 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $76,197 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($67,570 to $109,250) 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 $72,331 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 $76,197 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.