First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,222
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$20,838
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,203
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
$100,060
Kept after tax
$79,222
Worth in national money
$75,203
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays this job around $100,060 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 74 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $100,060 the take-home is $79,222. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $75,203 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $102,590, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of police and detectives the New Hampshire median is $100,060, ranking 24 of 51 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of police and detectives sits 74 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $79,222 for first-line supervisors of police and detectives, from $100,060. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $75,203. ⚠️ 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 $102,590 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,910 |
| This salary | $100,060 |
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 | $79,222 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,222 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,323 |
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 | $100,060 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,734 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,060 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,790 and the ninetieth is $121,910 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $79,222, worked from $100,060. 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 74 of 488.
- Two cautions on $75,203, the adjusted value of that $100,060 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Hampshire. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 74 of 488 locally.
- The New Hampshire median of $100,060 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,790 to $121,910. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $79,222, on $100,060 for work ranking 74 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 74 of 488 in the state.
- This $75,203 adjusted figure, worked from $100,060, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 74 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 74 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $79,790 at the bottom tenth to $121,910 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 $75,203 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $79,222 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($79,790 to $121,910) 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 $75,203 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 $79,222 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.