Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,411
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$21,339
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,331
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
$101,750
Kept after tax
$80,411
Worth in national money
$76,331
State rank
1
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 $101,750, ranking 1 of 45 states and sitting about 28.23% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 64 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $101,750 the take-home is $80,411. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $76,331 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $104,790, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's median for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary is $101,750, about 28.23% above the national figure and 1 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary sits 64 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 $80,411 for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary, from $101,750. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $76,331. ⚠️ 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 $104,790 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $157,090 |
| This salary | $101,750 |
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 | $80,411 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,411 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,418 |
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 | $101,750 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,865 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Hampshire earn less than $101,750. The published range is $64,220 up to $157,090, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $80,411, worked from $101,750. 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 64 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $76,331 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 64.
- Reported values are medians; for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $64,220 to $157,090. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $80,411, on $101,750 for work ranking 64 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 64 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $76,331, worked from $101,750, 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 64 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $64,220 and the top tenth $157,090 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $76,331 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,411 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. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($64,220) and the ninetieth ($157,090) 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 $76,331 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 $80,411 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.