Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,435
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$4,485
13.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,941
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
$33,920
Kept after tax
$29,435
Worth in national money
$27,941
State rank
14
of 51 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 $33,920, ranking 14 of 51 states and sitting about 8.72% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 475. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $33,920, tax leaves $29,435 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $27,941 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $32,900.
- New Hampshire's median for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop is $33,920, about 8.72% above the national figure and 14 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ranks 475 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, $29,435 remains from the New Hampshire median of $33,920 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $27,941 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $32,900 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,460 |
| This salary | $33,920 |
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 | $29,435 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,435 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,349 |
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 | $33,920 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,841 |
| 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 hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in New Hampshire earn under $33,920 and half over. The published range runs $26,330 at the tenth percentile to $38,460 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 $29,435, worked from $33,920. 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 475 of 488.
- Two cautions on $27,941, the adjusted value of that $33,920 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Hampshire. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 475 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $26,330 to $38,460; 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 $29,435, on $33,920 for work ranking 475 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 475 of 488 in the state.
- This $27,941 adjusted figure, worked from $33,920, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 475 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 475 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 $32,900, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $26,330 at the tenth percentile, $38,460 at the ninetieth.
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 $27,941 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $29,435 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $32,900. 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 ($26,330 to $38,460) 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 $27,941 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 $29,435 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.