Power Plant Operators in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,863
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$15,207
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,521
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
$81,070
Kept after tax
$65,863
Worth in national money
$62,521
State rank
43
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is among the lower-paying states for power plant operators. The middle earner takes $81,070, ranking 43 of 49 states — about 20.55% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 128.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $81,070 the take-home is $65,863. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $62,521 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $86,560, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 43 of 49 for power plant operators, with a median of $81,070 — about 20.55% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, power plant operators sits at 128 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 $65,863 for power plant operators, from $81,070. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $62,521. ⚠️ 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 $86,560 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Power Plant Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,510 |
| This salary | $81,070 |
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 | $65,863 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,863 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,256 |
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 | $81,070 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,261 |
| 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 $81,070. The published range is $58,010 up to $128,510, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $65,863, from $81,070, 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 128 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 $62,521, the adjusted value of that $81,070 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 128 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for power plant operators in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,010 to $128,510. 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 $65,863 from $81,070. 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 128 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $62,521 — the adjusted value of that $81,070 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 128 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 $86,560 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $58,010 at the bottom tenth to $128,510 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $62,521 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $65,863 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $86,560. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($58,010) and the ninetieth ($128,510) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $62,521 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 $65,863 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.