File Clerks in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,847
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,543
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,927
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
$44,390
Kept after tax
$37,847
Worth in national money
$35,927
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays file clerks around $44,390 at the midpoint, 17 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes, file clerks lands at 413. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $44,390 the take-home is $37,847. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $35,927 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $44,210, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For file clerks the New Hampshire median is $44,390, ranking 17 of 49 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.
- Within New Hampshire, this work ranks 413 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $37,847 for file clerks, from $44,390. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,927. ⚠️ 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 $44,210 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: File Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,920 |
| This salary | $44,390 |
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 | $37,847 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,847 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,021 |
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 | $44,390 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,653 |
| 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 file clerks in New Hampshire earn under $44,390 and half over. The published range runs $29,950 at the tenth percentile to $58,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $37,847, from $44,390, 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 413 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,927, the adjusted value of that $44,390 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 413 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for file clerks in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,950 to $58,920; 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.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,847 from $44,390. 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 413 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $35,927 — the adjusted value of that $44,390 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 413 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,950 and the top tenth $58,920, 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 $35,927 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,847 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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,950 to $58,920) 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 $35,927 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 $37,847 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.