Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,248
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$24,642
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,771
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
$112,890
Kept after tax
$88,248
Worth in national money
$83,771
State rank
3
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $112,890, which ranks 3 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 33.93% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Hampshire. It ranks 43 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $112,890 the take-home is $88,248. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $83,771 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $118,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 3 of 46 states publishing a median for sociology teachers, postsecondary, at $112,890 — about 33.93% 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, sociology teachers, postsecondary ranks 43 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $88,248 for sociology teachers, postsecondary, from $112,890. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $83,771. ⚠️ 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 $118,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,700 |
| This salary | $112,890 |
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 | $88,248 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,248 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,043 |
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 | $112,890 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,729 |
| 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 $112,890. The published range is $80,450 up to $167,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $88,248 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $112,890. 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 43 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $83,771 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 43.
- Reported values are medians; for sociology teachers, postsecondary in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $80,450 to $167,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $88,248, from $112,890, 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 43 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $83,771, worked from $112,890, 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 43 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $118,270, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $80,450, the highest tenth $167,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $83,771 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $88,248 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $118,270. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($80,450) and the ninetieth ($167,700) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $83,771 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 $88,248 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.