Retail Salespersons in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,267
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$4,933
13.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,680
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
$36,200
Kept after tax
$31,267
Worth in national money
$29,680
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays retail salespersons a middle wage of $36,200, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 2.23% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, retail salespersons ranks 464. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $36,200 the take-home is $31,267; in national-average money that behaves like $29,680. The average comes to $39,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Hampshire's median for retail salespersons is $36,200, about 2.23% above the national figure and 16 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.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, retail salespersons ranks 464 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for retail salespersons in New Hampshire, on $36,200, is $31,267; deflated by the state's price level, $29,680. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $39,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Retail Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,710 |
| This salary | $36,200 |
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 | $31,267 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,267 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,495 |
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 | $36,200 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,018 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,200 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,590 and the ninetieth is $49,710 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $31,267, from $36,200, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 464 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,680, the adjusted value of that $36,200 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 464 of 488 in the state.
- The New Hampshire median of $36,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,590 to $49,710. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,267 from $36,200. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 464 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $29,680 — the adjusted value of that $36,200 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 464 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $39,240 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,590 at the tenth percentile, $49,710 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 $29,680 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $31,267 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?
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 $39,240. 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 ($29,590 to $49,710) 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 $29,680 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 $31,267 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.