Industrial Engineers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,102
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$21,208
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,037
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
$101,310
Kept after tax
$80,102
Worth in national money
$76,037
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 29 of 51 states for industrial engineers, with a middle wage of $101,310. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations New Hampshire reports, industrial engineers comes in at 65 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $101,310, tax leaves $80,102 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $76,037 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $109,010, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire ranks 29 of 51 for industrial engineers at $101,310. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Industrial engineers ranks 65 of 488 occupations by median in New Hampshire, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $80,102 remains from the New Hampshire median of $101,310 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $76,037 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $109,010 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,010 |
| This salary | $101,310 |
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 | $80,102 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,102 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,393 |
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 | $101,310 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,831 |
| 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 industrial engineers in New Hampshire earn under $101,310 and half over. The published range runs $78,430 at the tenth percentile to $155,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $80,102, from $101,310, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 65 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $76,037, the adjusted value of that $101,310 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 65 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial engineers in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $78,430 to $155,010; 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.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $80,102 from $101,310. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 65 of 488 locally.
- This $76,037 adjusted figure, worked from $101,310, 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 65 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 65 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 $109,010, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $78,430 at the bottom tenth to $155,010 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $76,037 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,102 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.
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 $109,010. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($78,430) and the ninetieth ($155,010) 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 $76,037 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 $80,102 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.