Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,908
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,802
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,934
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
$45,710
Kept after tax
$38,908
Worth in national money
$36,934
State rank
29
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 29 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $45,710. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 401. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $45,710 the take-home is $38,908; in national-average money that behaves like $36,934. The average comes to $49,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Hampshire ranks 29 of 45 for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic at $45,710. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ranks 401 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New Hampshire, on $45,710, is $38,908; deflated by the state's price level, $36,934. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $49,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,440 |
| This salary | $45,710 |
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 | $38,908 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,908 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,105 |
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 | $45,710 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,755 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,710 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,550 and the ninetieth is $64,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,908 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $45,710. 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 401 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 $36,934, the adjusted value of that $45,710 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 401 of 488 in the state.
- The New Hampshire median of $45,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,550 to $64,440. 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 $38,908, from $45,710, 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 401 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $36,934 — the adjusted value of that $45,710 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 401 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $49,530 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,550 and the top tenth $64,440, so most people doing this work in New Hampshire sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,934 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $38,908 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $49,530. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,550 to $64,440) 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 $36,934 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 $38,908 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.