Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,249
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,641
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,308
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
$44,890
Kept after tax
$38,249
Worth in national money
$36,308
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for landscaping and groundskeeping workers is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $44,890, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 14.66% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 407 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $44,890, tax leaves $38,249 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,308 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $45,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- For landscaping and groundskeeping workers, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,890, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 14.66% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Landscaping and groundskeeping workers occupies position 407 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $38,249 remains from the New Hampshire median of $44,890 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,308 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $45,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,400 |
| This salary | $44,890 |
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 | $38,249 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,249 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,053 |
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 | $44,890 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,692 |
| 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 landscaping and groundskeeping workers in New Hampshire earn under $44,890 and half over. The published range runs $34,540 at the tenth percentile to $59,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,249 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $44,890. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 407 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,308 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 407.
- Figures are distribution medians for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,540 to $59,400; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,249, from $44,890, assumes a single New Hampshire filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 407 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,308, worked from $44,890, 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 407 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,540 at the bottom tenth to $59,400 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,308 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $38,249 of this wage reaches your account, because New Hampshire takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,540 to $59,400) 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 $36,308 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 $38,249 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.