First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,810
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,970
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,978
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
$66,780
Kept after tax
$55,810
Worth in national money
$52,978
State rank
4
of 51 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 $66,780, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 19.38% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 199 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $66,780 the take-home is $55,810. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $52,978 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $71,360, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's median for first-line supervisors of security workers is $66,780, about 19.38% above the national figure and 4 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 199 of 488 in New Hampshire places first-line supervisors of security workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $55,810 for first-line supervisors of security workers, from $66,780. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,978. ⚠️ 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 $71,360 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,240 |
| This salary | $66,780 |
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 | $55,810 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,810 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,454 |
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 | $66,780 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,422 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of security workers in New Hampshire earn under $66,780 and half over. The published range runs $46,110 at the tenth percentile to $102,240 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 $55,810, worked from $66,780. 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 199 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 $52,978, the adjusted value of that $66,780 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 199 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of security workers in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,110 to $102,240; 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 $55,810, on $66,780 for work ranking 199 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 199 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $52,978 — the adjusted value of that $66,780 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 199 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $71,360 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,110 and the top tenth $102,240 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $52,978 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $55,810 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.
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.
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 $71,360. 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 ($46,110) and the ninetieth ($102,240) 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 $52,978 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 $55,810 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.