Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,356
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,824
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,547
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
$66,180
Kept after tax
$55,356
Worth in national money
$52,547
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $66,180, 36 of 51 states and about 15.82% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in New Hampshire, this sits in the middle: 205 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 $66,180 the take-home is $55,356. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $52,547 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $68,830, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's $66,180 median for stationary engineers and boiler operators places it 36 of 51 states, about 15.82% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Stationary engineers and boiler operators ranks 205 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 $55,356 for stationary engineers and boiler operators, from $66,180. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,547. ⚠️ 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 $68,830 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,280 |
| This salary | $66,180 |
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 | $55,356 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,356 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,418 |
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 | $66,180 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,343 |
| 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 stationary engineers and boiler operators in New Hampshire earn under $66,180 and half over. The published range runs $53,490 at the tenth percentile to $85,280 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $55,356, from $66,180, 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 205 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 $52,547 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 205.
- Figures are distribution medians for stationary engineers and boiler operators in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,490 to $85,280; 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.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $55,356 from $66,180. 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 205 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,547, worked from $66,180, 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 205 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $68,830, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $53,490 and the top tenth $85,280, 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 $52,547 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $55,356 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $68,830. 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 ($53,490 to $85,280) 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 $52,547 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 $55,356 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.