Medical Assistants in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,764
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,256
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,696
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
$48,020
Kept after tax
$40,764
Worth in national money
$38,696
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays medical assistants a middle wage of $48,020, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 5.1% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 372 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $48,020, tax leaves $40,764 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $38,696 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $49,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire's median for medical assistants is $48,020, about 5.1% above the national figure and 11 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.
- Medical assistants occupies position 372 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, $40,764 remains from the New Hampshire median of $48,020 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $38,696 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $49,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,100 |
| This salary | $48,020 |
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 | $40,764 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,764 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,253 |
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 | $48,020 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,935 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,020 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,640 and the ninetieth is $60,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $40,764, from $48,020, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 372 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,696 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 372.
- The New Hampshire median of $48,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,640 to $60,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,764 from $48,020. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 372 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,696, worked from $48,020, 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 372 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,640 at the bottom tenth to $60,100 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 $38,696 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $40,764 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 ($39,640 to $60,100) 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 $38,696 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 $40,764 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.