Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,797
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$5,063
13.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,184
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
$36,860
Kept after tax
$31,797
Worth in national money
$30,184
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays laundry and dry-cleaning workers a middle wage of $36,860, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 5.65% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, laundry and dry-cleaning workers ranks 460. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $36,860 the take-home is $31,797. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $30,184 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $37,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's median for laundry and dry-cleaning workers is $36,860, about 5.65% above the national figure and 12 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, laundry and dry-cleaning workers ranks 460 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $31,797 for laundry and dry-cleaning workers, from $36,860. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,184. ⚠️ 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 $37,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,540 |
| This salary | $36,860 |
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 | $31,797 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,797 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,538 |
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 | $36,860 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,069 |
| 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 laundry and dry-cleaning workers in New Hampshire earn under $36,860 and half over. The published range runs $31,270 at the tenth percentile to $44,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $31,797 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $36,860. 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 460 of 488.
- Two cautions on $30,184, the adjusted value of that $36,860 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 460 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,270 to $44,540; 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 $31,797, from $36,860, 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 460 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $30,184 adjusted figure, worked from $36,860, 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 460 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 460 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,270 and the top tenth $44,540, 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 $30,184 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $31,797 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,270 to $44,540) 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 $30,184 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 $31,797 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.