Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,615
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$9,665
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,047
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
$60,280
Kept after tax
$50,615
Worth in national money
$48,047
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 18 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $60,280. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in New Hampshire, this sits in the middle: 263 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,280 the take-home is $50,615. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $48,047 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $60,600, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 18 of 51 for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers at $60,280. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ranks 263 of 488 occupations in New Hampshire by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $50,615 for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, from $60,280. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,047. ⚠️ 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 $60,600 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,200 |
| This salary | $60,280 |
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 | $50,615 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,615 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,040 |
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 | $60,280 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,885 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,280 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,370 and the ninetieth is $74,200 — 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 $50,615, worked from $60,280. 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 263 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,047 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 263.
- The New Hampshire median of $60,280 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,370 to $74,200. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $50,615, on $60,280 for work ranking 263 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 263 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,047, worked from $60,280, 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 263 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,370 and the top tenth $74,200, 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 $48,047 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $50,615 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,370 to $74,200) 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 $48,047 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 $50,615 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.