Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,831
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$22,359
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,628
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
$105,190
Kept after tax
$82,831
Worth in national money
$78,628
State rank
38
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $105,190, 38 of 50 states and about 19.22% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 53 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $105,190 the take-home is $82,831; in national-average money that behaves like $78,628. The average comes to $116,900, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Hampshire's $105,190 median for electronics engineers, except computer places it 38 of 50 states, about 19.22% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, electronics engineers, except computer sits 53 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.
- Take-home for electronics engineers, except computer in New Hampshire, on $105,190, is $82,831; deflated by the state's price level, $78,628. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $116,900 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,240 |
| This salary | $105,190 |
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 | $82,831 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,831 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,611 |
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 | $105,190 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,131 |
| 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 electronics engineers, except computer in New Hampshire earn under $105,190 and half over. The published range runs $67,790 at the tenth percentile to $169,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $82,831, worked from $105,190. 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 53 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 $78,628, the adjusted value of that $105,190 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 53 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electronics engineers, except computer in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,790 to $169,240; 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.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $82,831, on $105,190 for work ranking 53 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 53 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $78,628 — the adjusted value of that $105,190 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 53 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $116,900, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $67,790 and the top tenth $169,240 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $78,628 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $82,831 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $116,900. 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 ($67,790) and the ninetieth ($169,240) 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 $78,628 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 $82,831 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.