Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,486
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$9,144
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,026
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
$57,630
Kept after tax
$48,486
Worth in national money
$46,026
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $57,630, ranking 23 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 287 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $57,630 the take-home is $48,486. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $46,026 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $72,360, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire occupies the middle band for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers: a median of $57,630, ranking 23 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 287 of 488 in New Hampshire places morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $48,486 for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers, from $57,630. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,026. ⚠️ 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 $72,360 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,720 |
| This salary | $57,630 |
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 | $48,486 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,486 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,870 |
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 | $57,630 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,680 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,630 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,850 and the ninetieth is $121,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,486 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $57,630. 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 287 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 $46,026, the adjusted value of that $57,630 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 287 of 488 in the state.
- The New Hampshire median of $57,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,850 to $121,720. 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 $48,486, from $57,630, 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 287 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $46,026 — the adjusted value of that $57,630 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 287 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $72,360, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,850 at the bottom tenth to $121,720 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $46,026 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $48,486 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $72,360. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,850) and the ninetieth ($121,720) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $46,026 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 $48,486 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.