Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,536
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,934
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,327
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
$51,470
Kept after tax
$43,536
Worth in national money
$41,327
State rank
6
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $51,470, putting the state 6 of 48 — about 11.48% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 329 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $51,470, tax leaves $43,536 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $41,327 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $52,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- For molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,470, ranking 6 of 48 and running about 11.48% 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.
- Position 329 of 488 in New Hampshire places molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $43,536 remains from the New Hampshire median of $51,470 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $41,327 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $52,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,650 |
| This salary | $51,470 |
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 | $43,536 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,536 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,475 |
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 | $51,470 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,202 |
| 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 molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic in New Hampshire earn under $51,470 and half over. The published range runs $37,280 at the tenth percentile to $67,650 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 $43,536, worked from $51,470. 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 329 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,327 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 329.
- Figures are distribution medians for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,280 to $67,650; 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 $43,536, on $51,470 for work ranking 329 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 329 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,327, worked from $51,470, 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 329 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,280 at the bottom tenth to $67,650 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Hampshire run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $41,327 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $43,536 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,280 to $67,650) 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 $41,327 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 $43,536 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.