Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,948
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,812
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,972
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
$45,760
Kept after tax
$38,948
Worth in national money
$36,972
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $45,760, putting the state 4 of 50 — about 15.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 400 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,760 the take-home is $38,948. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $36,972 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $45,820, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $45,760, ranking 4 of 50 and running about 15.47% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers occupies position 400 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $38,948 for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, from $45,760. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,972. ⚠️ 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 $45,820 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,750 |
| This salary | $45,760 |
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 | $38,948 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,948 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,108 |
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 | $45,760 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,759 |
| 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 $45,760. The published range is $37,450 up to $58,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,948 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $45,760. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 400 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,972 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 400.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,450 to $58,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,948, from $45,760, assumes a single New Hampshire filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 400 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,972, worked from $45,760, 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 400 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,450 and the top tenth $58,750, 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 $36,972 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $38,948 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,450 to $58,750) 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 $36,972 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 $38,948 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.