Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,531
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,199
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,475
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
$47,730
Kept after tax
$40,531
Worth in national money
$38,475
State rank
15
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $47,730, ranking 15 of 45 states and sitting about 4.31% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 377 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $47,730 the take-home is $40,531. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $38,475 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $47,800, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's median for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders is $47,730, about 4.31% above the national figure and 15 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders occupies position 377 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $40,531 for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders, from $47,730. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,475. ⚠️ 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 $47,800 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,200 |
| This salary | $47,730 |
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 | $40,531 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,531 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,235 |
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 | $47,730 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,912 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,730 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,000 and the ninetieth is $59,200 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $40,531 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $47,730. 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 377 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,475 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 377.
- The New Hampshire median of $47,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,000 to $59,200. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $40,531, from $47,730, 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 377 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,475, worked from $47,730, 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 377 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,000 and the top tenth $59,200, so most people doing this work in New Hampshire sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $38,475 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $40,531 of this wage reaches your account, because New Hampshire takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,000 to $59,200) 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 $38,475 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 $40,531 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.