Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,877
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$12,263
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,890
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
$71,140
Kept after tax
$58,877
Worth in national money
$55,890
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays this job around $71,140 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 184.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $71,140, tax leaves $58,877 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $55,890 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $69,030.
- For middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education the New Hampshire median is $71,140, ranking 18 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education sits at 184 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.
- After tax, $58,877 remains from the New Hampshire median of $71,140 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $55,890 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $69,030 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,660 |
| This salary | $71,140 |
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 | $58,877 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,877 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,699 |
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 | $71,140 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,260 |
| 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 middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education in New Hampshire earn under $71,140 and half over. The published range runs $47,600 at the tenth percentile to $92,660 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $58,877 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $71,140. 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 184 of 488.
- Two cautions on $55,890, the adjusted value of that $71,140 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 184 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,600 to $92,660; 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 $58,877, from $71,140, 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 184 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 51 for it.
- This $55,890 adjusted figure, worked from $71,140, 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 184 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 184 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,600 at the bottom tenth to $92,660 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 $55,890 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $58,877 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,600 to $92,660) 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 $55,890 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 $58,877 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.