Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,536
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,624
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,769
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
$65,160
Kept after tax
$54,536
Worth in national money
$51,769
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 23 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $65,160. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in New Hampshire, this sits in the middle: 213 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $65,160 the take-home is $54,536. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $51,769 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $66,620, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 23 of 51 for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school at $65,160. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school ranks 213 of 488 occupations in New Hampshire by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $54,536 for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school, from $65,160. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $51,769. ⚠️ 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 $66,620 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,080 |
| This salary | $65,160 |
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 | $54,536 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,536 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,352 |
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 | $65,160 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,264 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in New Hampshire earn under $65,160 and half over. The published range runs $44,620 at the tenth percentile to $89,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $54,536, worked from $65,160. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 213 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,769 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 213.
- Figures are distribution medians for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,620 to $89,080; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $54,536, on $65,160 for work ranking 213 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 213 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,769, worked from $65,160, 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 213 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,620 and the top tenth $89,080, 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?
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 $51,769 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $54,536 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 ($44,620 to $89,080) 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 $51,769 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 $54,536 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.