New Accounts Clerks in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,885
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,285
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,810
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
$48,170
Kept after tax
$40,885
Worth in national money
$38,810
State rank
17
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 17 of 45 states for new accounts clerks, with a middle wage of $48,170. 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, new accounts clerks ranks 369. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $48,170, tax leaves $40,885 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $38,810 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $49,340, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire ranks 17 of 45 for new accounts clerks at $48,170. 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, new accounts clerks ranks 369 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.
- After tax, $40,885 remains from the New Hampshire median of $48,170 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $38,810 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $49,340 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: New Accounts Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,390 |
| This salary | $48,170 |
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 | $40,885 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,885 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,263 |
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 | $48,170 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,946 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,170 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,160 and the ninetieth is $58,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $40,885, from $48,170, 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 369 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,810 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 369.
- The New Hampshire median of $48,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,160 to $58,390. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,885 from $48,170. 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 369 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,810, worked from $48,170, 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 369 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,160 at the bottom tenth to $58,390 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 $38,810 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $40,885 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 45 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 ($39,160 to $58,390) 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 $38,810 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 $40,885 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.