Light Truck Drivers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,350
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,910
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,353
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
$46,260
Kept after tax
$39,350
Worth in national money
$37,353
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for light truck drivers is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $46,260, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 3.12% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 394 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,260 the take-home is $39,350. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $37,353 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $48,040, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For light truck drivers, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,260, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 3.12% 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.
- Light truck drivers occupies position 394 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $39,350 for light truck drivers, from $46,260. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,353. ⚠️ 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 $48,040 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Light Truck Drivers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,770 |
| This salary | $46,260 |
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 | $39,350 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,350 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,140 |
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 | $46,260 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,798 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,260 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,640 and the ninetieth is $63,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,350 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $46,260. 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 394 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 $37,353, the adjusted value of that $46,260 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 394 of 488 in the state.
- The New Hampshire median of $46,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,640 to $63,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,350, from $46,260, 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 394 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $37,353 — the adjusted value of that $46,260 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 394 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $48,040, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,640 and the top tenth $63,770, 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 $37,353 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $39,350 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $48,040. 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 ($30,640 to $63,770) 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 $37,353 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 $39,350 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.