Recreation Workers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,942
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$5,098
13.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,321
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
$37,040
Kept after tax
$31,942
Worth in national money
$30,321
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for recreation workers. The middle earner takes $37,040, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.31% above the national middle.
- Against 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes, recreation workers lands at 457. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $37,040 the take-home is $31,942. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $30,321 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $38,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for recreation workers, at $37,040 — about 1.31% 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.
- Within New Hampshire, this work ranks 457 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $31,942 for recreation workers, from $37,040. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,321. ⚠️ 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 $38,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Recreation Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,240 |
| This salary | $37,040 |
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 | $31,942 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,942 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,549 |
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 | $37,040 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,083 |
| 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 $37,040. The published range is $27,040 up to $51,240, 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 $31,942, worked from $37,040. 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 457 of 488.
- Two cautions on $30,321, the adjusted value of that $37,040 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 457 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for recreation workers in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,040 to $51,240. 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 $31,942, on $37,040 for work ranking 457 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 457 of 488 in the state.
- This $30,321 adjusted figure, worked from $37,040, 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 457 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 457 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 $38,950, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $27,040 and the top tenth $51,240, so most people doing this work in New Hampshire sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $30,321 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $31,942 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.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $38,950. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,040 to $51,240) 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 $30,321 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 $31,942 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.