Printing Press Operators in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,077
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,333
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,993
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
$48,410
Kept after tax
$41,077
Worth in national money
$38,993
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays printing press operators a middle wage of $48,410, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 5.74% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 367 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $48,410 the take-home is $41,077; in national-average money that behaves like $38,993. The average comes to $50,280, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Hampshire's median for printing press operators is $48,410, about 5.74% above the national figure and 7 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Printing press operators occupies position 367 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for printing press operators in New Hampshire, on $48,410, is $41,077; deflated by the state's price level, $38,993. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $50,280 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Printing Press Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,780 |
| This salary | $48,410 |
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 | $41,077 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,077 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,278 |
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 | $48,410 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,965 |
| 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 $48,410. The published range is $34,790 up to $69,780, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,077 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $48,410. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 367 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,993, the adjusted value of that $48,410 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 367 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for printing press operators in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,790 to $69,780. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,077, from $48,410, assumes a single New Hampshire filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 367 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $38,993 — the adjusted value of that $48,410 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 367 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $50,280, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $34,790 at the bottom tenth to $69,780 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $38,993 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $41,077 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $50,280. 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 ($34,790) and the ninetieth ($69,780) 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 $38,993 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 $41,077 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.