Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,615
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,975
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,605
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
$46,590
Kept after tax
$39,615
Worth in national money
$37,605
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire sits in the middle of the pack for court, municipal, and license clerks. The median is $46,590, ranking 31 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 389 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,590 the take-home is $39,615. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $37,605 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $49,850, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire occupies the middle band for court, municipal, and license clerks: a median of $46,590, ranking 31 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Court, municipal, and license clerks occupies position 389 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $39,615 for court, municipal, and license clerks, from $46,590. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,605. ⚠️ 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 $49,850 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,700 |
| This salary | $46,590 |
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 | $39,615 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,615 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,162 |
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 | $46,590 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,824 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Hampshire earn less than $46,590. The published range is $36,830 up to $71,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,615 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $46,590. 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 389 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,605 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 389.
- Reported values are medians; for court, municipal, and license clerks in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,830 to $71,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,615, from $46,590, 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 389 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,605, worked from $46,590, 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 389 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $49,850, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,830 at the bottom tenth to $71,700 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 $37,605 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,615 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 $49,850. 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 ($36,830) and the ninetieth ($71,700) 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 $37,605 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 $39,615 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.