Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,503
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,127
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,839
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
$62,630
Kept after tax
$52,503
Worth in national money
$49,839
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 $62,630, ranking 23 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 237.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $62,630, tax leaves $52,503 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $49,839 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $66,060, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire occupies the middle band for occupational health and safety technicians: a median of $62,630, 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.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, occupational health and safety technicians sits at 237 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $52,503 remains from the New Hampshire median of $62,630 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $49,839 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $66,060 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,610 |
| This salary | $62,630 |
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 | $52,503 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,503 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,190 |
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 | $62,630 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,068 |
| 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 $62,630. The published range is $50,960 up to $82,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $52,503, from $62,630, 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 237 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,839, the adjusted value of that $62,630 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 237 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational health and safety technicians in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,960 to $82,610. 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 $52,503 from $62,630. 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 237 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $49,839 — the adjusted value of that $62,630 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 237 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 $66,060 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,960 at the bottom tenth to $82,610 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 $49,839 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $52,503 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $66,060. 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 ($50,960 to $82,610) 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 $49,839 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 $52,503 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.