Respiratory Therapists in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,324
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$19,616
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,451
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
$95,940
Kept after tax
$76,324
Worth in national money
$72,451
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for respiratory therapists. The middle earner takes $95,940, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 16.6% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, respiratory therapists ranks 86 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $95,940, tax leaves $76,324 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $72,451 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $93,700.
- New Hampshire ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for respiratory therapists, at $95,940 — about 16.6% 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, respiratory therapists sits 86 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.
- After tax, $76,324 remains from the New Hampshire median of $95,940 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $72,451 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $93,700 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Respiratory Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,000 |
| This salary | $95,940 |
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 | $76,324 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,324 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,091 |
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 | $95,940 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,414 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,940 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,490 and the ninetieth is $109,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $76,324 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $95,940. 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 86 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 $72,451, the adjusted value of that $95,940 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 86 of 488 in the state.
- The New Hampshire median of $95,940 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,490 to $109,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $76,324, from $95,940, 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 86 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $72,451 — the adjusted value of that $95,940 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 86 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $80,490 at the tenth percentile, $109,000 at the ninetieth.
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 $72,451 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $76,324 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($80,490 to $109,000) 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 $72,451 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 $76,324 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.