Cost Estimators in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,800
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$14,760
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,513
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
$79,560
Kept after tax
$64,800
Worth in national money
$61,513
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 22 of 51 states for cost estimators, with a middle wage of $79,560. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Cost estimators ranks 141 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,560, tax leaves $64,800 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $61,513 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $85,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire ranks 22 of 51 for cost estimators at $79,560. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 141 of 488 in New Hampshire places cost estimators in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $64,800 remains from the New Hampshire median of $79,560 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $61,513 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $85,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cost Estimators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,030 |
| This salary | $79,560 |
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 | $64,800 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,800 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,172 |
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 | $79,560 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,144 |
| 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 cost estimators in New Hampshire earn under $79,560 and half over. The published range runs $51,640 at the tenth percentile to $129,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $64,800, worked from $79,560. 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 141 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 $61,513, the adjusted value of that $79,560 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 141 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for cost estimators in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,640 to $129,030; 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.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $64,800, on $79,560 for work ranking 141 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 141 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $61,513 — the adjusted value of that $79,560 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 141 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 $85,650, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,640 and the top tenth $129,030 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,513 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $64,800 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 $85,650. 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 ($51,640) and the ninetieth ($129,030) 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 $61,513 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 $64,800 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.