Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,831
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,979
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,998
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
$66,810
Kept after tax
$55,831
Worth in national money
$52,998
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays this job around $66,810 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in New Hampshire, this sits in the middle: 198 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $66,810, tax leaves $55,831 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $52,998 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $66,230.
- For plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters the New Hampshire median is $66,810, ranking 19 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.
- Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ranks 198 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.
- After tax, $55,831 remains from the New Hampshire median of $66,810 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $52,998 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $66,230 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,730 |
| This salary | $66,810 |
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 | $55,831 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,831 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,456 |
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 | $66,810 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,427 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $66,810 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,850 and the ninetieth is $87,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $55,831, from $66,810, 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 198 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 $52,998, the adjusted value of that $66,810 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 198 of 488 in the state.
- The New Hampshire median of $66,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,850 to $87,730. 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 $55,831 from $66,810. 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 198 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $52,998 — the adjusted value of that $66,810 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 198 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,850 at the bottom tenth to $87,730 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 $52,998 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $55,831 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?
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 ($44,850 to $87,730) 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 $52,998 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 $55,831 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.