Physician Assistants in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$114,447
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$36,513
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,640
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
$150,960
Kept after tax
$114,447
Worth in national money
$108,640
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physician assistants is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $150,960, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 11.1% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, physician assistants ranks 12 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $150,960, tax leaves $114,447 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $108,640 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $150,150.
- For physician assistants, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $150,960, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 11.1% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, physician assistants sits 12 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.
- After tax, $114,447 remains from the New Hampshire median of $150,960 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $108,640 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $150,150 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physician Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $119,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $150,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $175,380 |
| This salary | $150,960 |
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 | $114,447 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $114,447 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,134 |
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 | $150,960 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,986 |
| 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 physician assistants in New Hampshire earn under $150,960 and half over. The published range runs $119,540 at the tenth percentile to $175,380 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 $114,447, worked from $150,960. 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 12 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $108,640 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 12.
- Figures are distribution medians for physician assistants in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $119,540 to $175,380; 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 $114,447, on $150,960 for work ranking 12 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 12 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $108,640, worked from $150,960, 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 12 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $119,540 at the bottom tenth to $175,380 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Hampshire run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $108,640 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $114,447 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.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($119,540 to $175,380) 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 $108,640 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 $114,447 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.