Driver/Sales Workers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,541
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$5,979
14.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,738
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
$41,520
Kept after tax
$35,541
Worth in national money
$33,738
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for driver/sales workers. The middle earner takes $41,520, which ranks 14 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 7.09% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, driver/sales workers ranks 426. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $41,520 the take-home is $35,541. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $33,738 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $40,230, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- New Hampshire ranks 14 of 51 states publishing a median for driver/sales workers, at $41,520 — about 7.09% 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.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, driver/sales workers ranks 426 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 $35,541 for driver/sales workers, from $41,520. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,738. ⚠️ 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 $40,230 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Driver/Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $18,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,220 |
| This salary | $41,520 |
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 | $35,541 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,541 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,837 |
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 | $41,520 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,430 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,520 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $18,260 and the ninetieth is $59,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $35,541, from $41,520, 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 426 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $33,738, the adjusted value of that $41,520 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 426 of 488 locally.
- The New Hampshire median of $41,520 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $18,260 to $59,220. 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 $35,541 from $41,520. 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 426 of 488 locally.
- This $33,738 adjusted figure, worked from $41,520, 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 426 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 426 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 $40,230, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $18,260 and the top tenth $59,220 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $33,738 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $35,541 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $40,230. 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 ($18,260) and the ninetieth ($59,220) 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 $33,738 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 $35,541 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.