Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,241
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$18,739
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,475
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
$92,980
Kept after tax
$74,241
Worth in national money
$70,475
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in New Hampshire. The middle earner gets $92,980. That is 40 of 50 states, and about 3.81% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations New Hampshire reports, this job comes in at 90 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $92,980, tax leaves $74,241 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $70,475 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $94,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- For postmasters and mail superintendents, New Hampshire sits in the lower band at $92,980, ranking 40 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 3.81%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 90 of 488 occupations by median in New Hampshire, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $74,241 remains from the New Hampshire median of $92,980 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $70,475 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $94,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,350 |
| This salary | $92,980 |
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 | $74,241 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,241 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,925 |
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 | $92,980 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,184 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $92,980 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,120 and the ninetieth is $107,350 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $74,241, from $92,980, 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 90 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 $70,475, the adjusted value of that $92,980 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 90 of 488 in the state.
- The New Hampshire median of $92,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,120 to $107,350. 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 $74,241 from $92,980. 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 90 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $70,475 — the adjusted value of that $92,980 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 90 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $84,120 at the tenth percentile, $107,350 at the ninetieth.
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 $70,475 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $74,241 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($84,120 to $107,350) 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 $70,475 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 $74,241 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.