Machinists in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,595
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$9,905
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,977
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
$61,500
Kept after tax
$51,595
Worth in national money
$48,977
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for machinists is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $61,500, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 4.68% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 252.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $61,500 the take-home is $51,595. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $48,977 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $62,150, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For machinists, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,500, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 4.68% 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.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, machinists sits at 252 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $51,595 for machinists, from $61,500. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,977. ⚠️ 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 $62,150 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Machinists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,080 |
| This salary | $61,500 |
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 | $51,595 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,595 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,118 |
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 | $61,500 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,980 |
| 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 machinists in New Hampshire earn under $61,500 and half over. The published range runs $44,720 at the tenth percentile to $84,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $51,595, worked from $61,500. 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 252 of 488.
- Two cautions on $48,977, the adjusted value of that $61,500 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 252 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for machinists in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,720 to $84,080; 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.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $51,595, on $61,500 for work ranking 252 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 252 of 488 in the state.
- This $48,977 adjusted figure, worked from $61,500, 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 252 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 252 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,720 and the top tenth $84,080, 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 $48,977 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $51,595 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?
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 ($44,720 to $84,080) 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 $48,977 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 $51,595 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.