Helpers--Production Workers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,522
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,218
14.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,669
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
$42,740
Kept after tax
$36,522
Worth in national money
$34,669
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 17 of 49 states for helpers--production workers, with a middle wage of $42,740. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--production workers ranks 420. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $42,740, tax leaves $36,522 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,669 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $41,330.
- New Hampshire ranks 17 of 49 for helpers--production workers at $42,740. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, helpers--production workers ranks 420 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $36,522 remains from the New Hampshire median of $42,740 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,669 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $41,330 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Helpers--Production Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,340 |
| This salary | $42,740 |
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 | $36,522 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,522 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,915 |
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 | $42,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,525 |
| 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--production workers in New Hampshire earn under $42,740 and half over. The published range runs $35,480 at the tenth percentile to $47,340 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 $36,522, worked from $42,740. 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 420 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,669 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 420.
- Figures are distribution medians for helpers--production workers in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,480 to $47,340; 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 $36,522, on $42,740 for work ranking 420 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 420 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,669, worked from $42,740, 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 420 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $41,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,480 at the bottom tenth to $47,340 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,669 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $36,522 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $41,330. 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 ($35,480 to $47,340) 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 $34,669 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 $36,522 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.