Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,583
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$9,657
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,016
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
$60,240
Kept after tax
$50,583
Worth in national money
$48,016
State rank
30
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays this job around $60,240 at the midpoint, 30 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 264 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,240 the take-home is $50,583. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $48,016 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $64,240, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For kindergarten teachers, except special education the New Hampshire median is $60,240, ranking 30 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 264 of 488 in New Hampshire places kindergarten teachers, except special education in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $50,583 for kindergarten teachers, except special education, from $60,240. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,016. ⚠️ 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 $64,240 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,570 |
| This salary | $60,240 |
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 | $50,583 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,583 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,037 |
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 | $60,240 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,882 |
| 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 $60,240. The published range is $47,150 up to $83,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $50,583, worked from $60,240. 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 264 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,016, the adjusted value of that $60,240 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 264 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for kindergarten teachers, except special education in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,150 to $83,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $50,583, on $60,240 for work ranking 264 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 264 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $48,016 — the adjusted value of that $60,240 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 264 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $64,240 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,150 and the top tenth $83,570, 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?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $48,016 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $50,583 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $64,240. 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 ($47,150 to $83,570) 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 $48,016 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 $50,583 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.