Editors in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,620
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,890
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,798
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
$66,510
Kept after tax
$55,620
Worth in national money
$52,798
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays editors around $66,510 at the midpoint, 21 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 202.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $66,510 the take-home is $55,620; in national-average money that behaves like $52,798. The average comes to $75,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For editors the New Hampshire median is $66,510, ranking 21 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, editors sits at 202 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for editors in New Hampshire, on $66,510, is $55,620; deflated by the state's price level, $52,798. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $75,310 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Editors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $113,570 |
| This salary | $66,510 |
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 | $55,620 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,620 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,439 |
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 | $66,510 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,370 |
| 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 $66,510. The published range is $47,870 up to $113,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $55,620, worked from $66,510. 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 202 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 $52,798, the adjusted value of that $66,510 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 202 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for editors in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,870 to $113,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $55,620, on $66,510 for work ranking 202 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 202 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $52,798 — the adjusted value of that $66,510 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 202 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $75,310 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,870 at the bottom tenth to $113,570 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 $52,798 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $55,620 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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.
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 $75,310. 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 ($47,870) and the ninetieth ($113,570) 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 $52,798 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 $55,620 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.