Pharmacists in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$109,020
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$34,000
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,489
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
$143,020
Kept after tax
$109,020
Worth in national money
$103,489
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays pharmacists around $143,020 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, pharmacists ranks 17 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $143,020 the take-home is $109,020. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $103,489 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $140,720, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For pharmacists the New Hampshire median is $143,020, ranking 18 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, pharmacists sits 17 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $109,020 for pharmacists, from $143,020. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $103,489. ⚠️ 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 $140,720 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Pharmacists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $98,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $143,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,030 |
| This salary | $143,020 |
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 | $109,020 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $109,020 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,701 |
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 | $143,020 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,370 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $143,020 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $98,870 and the ninetieth is $170,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $109,020, from $143,020, 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 17 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 $103,489 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 17.
- The New Hampshire median of $143,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $98,870 to $170,030. 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 $109,020 from $143,020. 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 17 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $103,489, worked from $143,020, 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 17 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $98,870 and the top tenth $170,030, 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 $103,489 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $109,020 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($98,870 to $170,030) 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 $103,489 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 $109,020 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.