Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,305
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$8,855
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,904
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
$56,160
Kept after tax
$47,305
Worth in national money
$44,904
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 21 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $56,160. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 298 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $56,160, tax leaves $47,305 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $44,904 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $55,060.
- New Hampshire ranks 21 of 49 for motorboat mechanics and service technicians at $56,160. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 298 of 488 in New Hampshire places motorboat mechanics and service technicians 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, $47,305 remains from the New Hampshire median of $56,160 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $44,904 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $55,060 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,810 |
| This salary | $56,160 |
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 | $47,305 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,305 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,775 |
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 | $56,160 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,566 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Hampshire earn less than $56,160. The published range is $42,940 up to $70,810, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $47,305, from $56,160, 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 298 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $44,904, the adjusted value of that $56,160 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 298 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,940 to $70,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,305 from $56,160. 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 298 of 488 locally.
- This $44,904 adjusted figure, worked from $56,160, 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 298 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 298 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,940 at the bottom tenth to $70,810 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 $44,904 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $47,305 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,940 to $70,810) 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 $44,904 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 $47,305 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.