Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,260
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$3,030
11.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$22,080
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
$26,290
Kept after tax
$23,260
Worth in national money
$22,080
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $26,290, 47 of 51 states and about 22.63% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 488. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $26,290 the take-home is $23,260. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $22,080 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $27,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's $26,290 median for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers places it 47 of 51 states, about 22.63% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ranks 488 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $23,260 for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers, from $26,290. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $22,080. ⚠️ 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 $27,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $17,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,410 |
| This salary | $26,290 |
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 | $23,260 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,260 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,856 |
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 | $26,290 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,191 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $26,290 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $17,200 and the ninetieth is $38,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $23,260, from $26,290, 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 488 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $22,080 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 488.
- The New Hampshire median of $26,290 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $17,200 to $38,410. 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 $23,260 from $26,290. 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 488 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $22,080, worked from $26,290, 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 488 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 $27,750, 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 $17,200 at the bottom tenth to $38,410 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $22,080 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $23,260 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 $27,750. 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 ($17,200) and the ninetieth ($38,410) 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 $22,080 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 $23,260 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.