Postal Service Mail Carriers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,382
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$9,608
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,826
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
$59,990
Kept after tax
$50,382
Worth in national money
$47,826
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 19 of 51 states for postal service mail carriers, with a middle wage of $59,990. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 267.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $59,990 the take-home is $50,382. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,826 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $62,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 19 of 51 for postal service mail carriers at $59,990. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, postal service mail carriers sits at 267 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $50,382 for postal service mail carriers, from $59,990. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,826. ⚠️ 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 $62,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Postal Service Mail Carriers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,040 |
| This salary | $59,990 |
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 | $50,382 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,382 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,021 |
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 | $59,990 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,863 |
| 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 $59,990. The published range is $42,390 up to $81,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $50,382, from $59,990, 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 267 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 $47,826 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 267.
- Reported values are medians; for postal service mail carriers in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,390 to $81,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,382 from $59,990. 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 267 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,826, worked from $59,990, 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 267 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 $62,330 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 $42,390 and the top tenth $81,040, 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?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $47,826 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $50,382 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 $62,330. 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 ($42,390 to $81,040) 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 $47,826 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 $50,382 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.