Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,634
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$22,276
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,441
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
$104,910
Kept after tax
$82,634
Worth in national money
$78,441
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $104,910, ranking 27 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 54 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $104,910, tax leaves $82,634 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $78,441 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $107,060, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire occupies the middle band for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary: a median of $104,910, ranking 27 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, education administrators, kindergarten through secondary sits 54 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $82,634 remains from the New Hampshire median of $104,910 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $78,441 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $107,060 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,840 |
| This salary | $104,910 |
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 | $82,634 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,634 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,595 |
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 | $104,910 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,110 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in New Hampshire earn under $104,910 and half over. The published range runs $80,220 at the tenth percentile to $129,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $82,634 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $104,910. 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 54 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $78,441 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 54.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $80,220 to $129,840; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $82,634, from $104,910, 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 54 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $78,441, worked from $104,910, 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 54 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $80,220 at the bottom tenth to $129,840 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $78,441 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $82,634 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($80,220 to $129,840) 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 $78,441 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 $82,634 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.