Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,684
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$19,346
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,844
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
$95,030
Kept after tax
$75,684
Worth in national money
$71,844
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $95,030, which ranks 8 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 18.28% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 88 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $95,030 the take-home is $75,684. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $71,844 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $117,160, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 8 of 50 states publishing a median for psychology teachers, postsecondary, at $95,030 — about 18.28% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation New Hampshire publishes a median for, psychology teachers, postsecondary sits 88 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 $75,684 for psychology teachers, postsecondary, from $95,030. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $71,844. ⚠️ 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 $117,160 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $209,630 |
| This salary | $95,030 |
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 | $75,684 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,684 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,040 |
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 | $95,030 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,343 |
| 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 $95,030. The published range is $64,330 up to $209,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $75,684, worked from $95,030. 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 88 of 488.
- Two cautions on $71,844, the adjusted value of that $95,030 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Hampshire. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 88 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for psychology teachers, postsecondary in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $64,330 to $209,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $75,684, on $95,030 for work ranking 88 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 88 of 488 in the state.
- This $71,844 adjusted figure, worked from $95,030, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 88 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 88 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $117,160, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $64,330 and the top tenth $209,630 — 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 $71,844 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $75,684 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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.
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 $117,160. 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 ($64,330) and the ninetieth ($209,630) 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 $71,844 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 $75,684 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.