Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,913
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,537
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,786
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
$49,450
Kept after tax
$41,913
Worth in national money
$39,786
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,450, which ranks 1 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 14.41% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 345 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $49,450, tax leaves $41,913 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $39,786 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $53,950, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire ranks 1 of 50 states publishing a median for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders, at $49,450 — about 14.41% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 345 of 488 in New Hampshire places packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 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, $41,913 remains from the New Hampshire median of $49,450 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $39,786 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $53,950 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,870 |
| This salary | $49,450 |
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 | $41,913 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,913 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,345 |
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 | $49,450 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,046 |
| 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 $49,450. The published range is $39,580 up to $81,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $41,913, from $49,450, 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 345 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 $39,786, the adjusted value of that $49,450 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 345 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,580 to $81,870. 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 $41,913 from $49,450. 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 345 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $39,786 — the adjusted value of that $49,450 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 345 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,950, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $39,580 and the top tenth $81,870 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $39,786 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $41,913 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $53,950. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,580) and the ninetieth ($81,870) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $39,786 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 $41,913 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.