Project Management Specialists in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,771
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$18,119
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,079
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
$90,890
Kept after tax
$72,771
Worth in national money
$69,079
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is among the lower-paying states for project management specialists. The middle earner takes $90,890, ranking 40 of 51 states — about 11.17% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, project management specialists ranks 95 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $90,890 the take-home is $72,771. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $69,079 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $97,090, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 40 of 51 for project management specialists, with a median of $90,890 — about 11.17% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, project management specialists sits 95 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $72,771 for project management specialists, from $90,890. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $69,079. ⚠️ 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 $97,090 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,920 |
| This salary | $90,890 |
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 | $72,771 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,771 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,808 |
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 | $90,890 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,022 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of project management specialists in New Hampshire earn under $90,890 and half over. The published range runs $60,950 at the tenth percentile to $144,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $72,771, worked from $90,890. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 95 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,079 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 95.
- Figures are distribution medians for project management specialists in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,950 to $144,920; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $72,771, on $90,890 for work ranking 95 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 95 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,079, worked from $90,890, 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 95 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 $97,090, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,950 and the top tenth $144,920 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $69,079 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $72,771 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?
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.
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 $97,090. 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 ($60,950) and the ninetieth ($144,920) 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 $69,079 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 $72,771 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.