Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,499
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$9,881
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,886
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
$61,380
Kept after tax
$51,499
Worth in national money
$48,886
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $61,380, ranking 42 of 51 states — about 17.43% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 253.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $61,380 the take-home is $51,499. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $48,886 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $69,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 42 of 51 for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, with a median of $61,380 — about 17.43% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door sits at 253 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $51,499 for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, from $61,380. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,886. ⚠️ 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 $69,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,520 |
| This salary | $61,380 |
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 | $51,499 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,499 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,110 |
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 | $61,380 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,971 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,380 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,980 and the ninetieth is $104,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $51,499, worked from $61,380. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 253 of 488.
- Two cautions on $48,886, the adjusted value of that $61,380 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 253 of 488 locally.
- The New Hampshire median of $61,380 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,980 to $104,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $51,499, on $61,380 for work ranking 253 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 253 of 488 in the state.
- This $48,886 adjusted figure, worked from $61,380, 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 253 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 253 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $69,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,980 at the bottom tenth to $104,520 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 $48,886 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $51,499 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 $69,100. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,980) and the ninetieth ($104,520) 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 $48,886 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 $51,499 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.