Painters, Construction and Maintenance in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,090
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,580
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,954
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
$49,670
Kept after tax
$42,090
Worth in national money
$39,954
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire sits in the middle of the pack for painters, construction and maintenance. The median is $49,670, ranking 25 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in New Hampshire, this sits in the middle: 344 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $49,670 the take-home is $42,090. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $39,954 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $52,730, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire occupies the middle band for painters, construction and maintenance: a median of $49,670, ranking 25 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Painters, construction and maintenance ranks 344 of 488 occupations in New Hampshire by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $42,090 for painters, construction and maintenance, from $49,670. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,954. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $52,730 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,530 |
| This salary | $49,670 |
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 | $42,090 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,090 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,359 |
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 | $49,670 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,063 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of painters, construction and maintenance in New Hampshire earn under $49,670 and half over. The published range runs $40,830 at the tenth percentile to $63,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $42,090, worked from $49,670. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 344 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 $39,954, the adjusted value of that $49,670 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 344 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for painters, construction and maintenance in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,830 to $63,530; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $42,090, on $49,670 for work ranking 344 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 344 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $39,954 — the adjusted value of that $49,670 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 344 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 $52,730 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 $40,830 and the top tenth $63,530, 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?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $39,954 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $42,090 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $52,730. 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 ($40,830 to $63,530) 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 $39,954 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 $42,090 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.