Helpers--Electricians in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,037
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$4,633
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,513
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
$34,670
Kept after tax
$30,037
Worth in national money
$28,513
State rank
46
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for helpers--electricians is on the low side in New Hampshire. The middle earner gets $34,670. That is 46 of 47 states, and about 18.75% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes, helpers--electricians lands at 471. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $34,670 the take-home is $30,037; in national-average money that behaves like $28,513. The average comes to $37,090, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For helpers--electricians, New Hampshire sits in the lower band at $34,670, ranking 46 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 18.75%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within New Hampshire, this work ranks 471 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.
- Take-home for helpers--electricians in New Hampshire, on $34,670, is $30,037; deflated by the state's price level, $28,513. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $37,090 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,580 |
| This salary | $34,670 |
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 | $30,037 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,037 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,397 |
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 | $34,670 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,899 |
| 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 helpers--electricians in New Hampshire earn under $34,670 and half over. The published range runs $32,240 at the tenth percentile to $42,580 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 $30,037, worked from $34,670. 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 471 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 $28,513, the adjusted value of that $34,670 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 471 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for helpers--electricians in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,240 to $42,580; 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 $30,037, on $34,670 for work ranking 471 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 471 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $28,513 — the adjusted value of that $34,670 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 471 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 $37,090 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,240 at the tenth percentile, $42,580 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $28,513 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $30,037 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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $37,090. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,240 to $42,580) 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 $28,513 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 $30,037 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.