Dental Hygienists in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,059
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$21,191
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,997
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
$101,250
Kept after tax
$80,059
Worth in national money
$75,997
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for dental hygienists. The middle earner takes $101,250, which ranks 13 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 3.21% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations New Hampshire reports, dental hygienists comes in at 68 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $101,250 the take-home is $80,059. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $75,997 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $102,640, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 13 of 50 states publishing a median for dental hygienists, at $101,250 — about 3.21% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Dental hygienists ranks 68 of 488 occupations by median in New Hampshire, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $80,059 for dental hygienists, from $101,250. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $75,997. ⚠️ 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 $102,640 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $86,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,980 |
| This salary | $101,250 |
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 | $80,059 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,059 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,389 |
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 | $101,250 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,826 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,250 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $86,400 and the ninetieth is $122,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $80,059, from $101,250, 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 68 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,997, the adjusted value of that $101,250 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 68 of 488 in the state.
- The New Hampshire median of $101,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $86,400 to $122,980. 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 $80,059 from $101,250. 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 68 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $75,997 — the adjusted value of that $101,250 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 68 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $86,400 and the top tenth $122,980, 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?
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 $75,997 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $80,059 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($86,400 to $122,980) 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 $75,997 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 $80,059 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.