Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,480
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,920
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,274
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
$51,400
Kept after tax
$43,480
Worth in national money
$41,274
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 $51,400. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in New Hampshire, this sits in the middle: 330 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 $51,400 the take-home is $43,480. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $41,274 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $51,560, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 18 of 51 for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping at $51,400. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping ranks 330 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 $43,480 for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping, from $51,400. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,274. ⚠️ 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 $51,560 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,800 |
| This salary | $51,400 |
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 | $43,480 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,480 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,470 |
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 | $51,400 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,197 |
| 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 human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in New Hampshire earn under $51,400 and half over. The published range runs $28,590 at the tenth percentile to $65,800 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 $43,480, worked from $51,400. 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 330 of 488.
- Two cautions on $41,274, the adjusted value of that $51,400 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 330 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,590 to $65,800; 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 $43,480, on $51,400 for work ranking 330 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 330 of 488 in the state.
- This $41,274 adjusted figure, worked from $51,400, 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 330 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 330 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $28,590, the highest tenth $65,800, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $41,274 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $43,480 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?
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,590) and the ninetieth ($65,800) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $41,274 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 $43,480 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.