Sewing Machine Operators in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,718
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,022
14.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,906
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
$41,740
Kept after tax
$35,718
Worth in national money
$33,906
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for sewing machine operators is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $41,740, putting the state 7 of 50 — about 13.83% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 424 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $41,740, tax leaves $35,718 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $33,906 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $42,960, since top earners drag the number up.
- For sewing machine operators, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $41,740, ranking 7 of 50 and running about 13.83% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Sewing machine operators occupies position 424 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $35,718 remains from the New Hampshire median of $41,740 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $33,906 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $42,960 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sewing Machine Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,380 |
| This salary | $41,740 |
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 | $35,718 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,718 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,851 |
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 | $41,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,448 |
| 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 $41,740. The published range is $28,850 up to $56,380, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $35,718 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $41,740. 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 424 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 $33,906, the adjusted value of that $41,740 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 424 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sewing machine operators in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,850 to $56,380. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $35,718, from $41,740, 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 424 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $33,906 — the adjusted value of that $41,740 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 424 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,850 at the tenth percentile, $56,380 at the ninetieth.
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 $33,906 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $35,718 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.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,850 to $56,380) 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 $33,906 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 $35,718 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.