Pharmacy Technicians in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,234
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,126
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,192
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
$47,360
Kept after tax
$40,234
Worth in national money
$38,192
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for pharmacy technicians. The middle earner takes $47,360, which ranks 15 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.52% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 380 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $47,360, tax leaves $40,234 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $38,192 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $48,020, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire ranks 15 of 51 states publishing a median for pharmacy technicians, at $47,360 — about 3.52% 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.
- Pharmacy technicians occupies position 380 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $40,234 remains from the New Hampshire median of $47,360 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $38,192 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $48,020 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,630 |
| This salary | $47,360 |
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 | $40,234 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,234 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,211 |
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 | $47,360 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,883 |
| 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 $47,360. The published range is $37,080 up to $61,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $40,234, worked from $47,360. 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 380 of 488.
- Two cautions on $38,192, the adjusted value of that $47,360 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Hampshire. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 380 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for pharmacy technicians in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,080 to $61,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $40,234, on $47,360 for work ranking 380 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 380 of 488 in the state.
- This $38,192 adjusted figure, worked from $47,360, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 380 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 380 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,080 at the bottom tenth to $61,630 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 $38,192 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $40,234 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,080 to $61,630) 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 $38,192 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 $40,234 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.