Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,470
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$9,140
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,010
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
$57,610
Kept after tax
$48,470
Worth in national money
$46,010
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $57,610, putting the state 4 of 49 — about 20.32% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 289 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $57,610, tax leaves $48,470 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,010 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $58,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- For outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $57,610, ranking 4 of 49 and running about 20.32% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 289 of 488 in New Hampshire places outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 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, $48,470 remains from the New Hampshire median of $57,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,010 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,770 |
| This salary | $57,610 |
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 | $48,470 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,470 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,868 |
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 | $57,610 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,678 |
| 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 $57,610. The published range is $44,810 up to $77,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,470 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $57,610. 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 289 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 $46,010, the adjusted value of that $57,610 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 289 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,810 to $77,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,470, from $57,610, 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 289 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $46,010 — the adjusted value of that $57,610 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 289 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,810 at the bottom tenth to $77,770 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $46,010 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $48,470 of this wage reaches your account, because New Hampshire takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 ($44,810 to $77,770) 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 $46,010 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 $48,470 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.