Social and Human Service Assistants in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,904
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,046
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,880
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
$46,950
Kept after tax
$39,904
Worth in national money
$37,880
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $46,950, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 2.22% above the national middle.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 385. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,950 the take-home is $39,904. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $37,880 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $47,540, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's median for social and human service assistants is $46,950, about 2.22% above the national figure and 17 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, social and human service assistants ranks 385 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $39,904 for social and human service assistants, from $46,950. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,880. ⚠️ 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 $47,540 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Social and Human Service Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,210 |
| This salary | $46,950 |
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 | $39,904 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,904 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,185 |
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 | $46,950 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,852 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,950 as a midpoint for New Hampshire, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,700 and the ninetieth is $58,210 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $39,904, from $46,950, 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 385 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,880 uses one figure for the whole of New Hampshire. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 385.
- The New Hampshire median of $46,950 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,700 to $58,210. 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 $39,904 from $46,950. 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 385 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,880, worked from $46,950, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Hampshire address, on work sitting at 385 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,700 and the top tenth $58,210, 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?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $37,880 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,904 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,700 to $58,210) 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 $37,880 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 $39,904 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.