Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,505
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$8,415
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,196
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
$53,920
Kept after tax
$45,505
Worth in national money
$43,196
State rank
18
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Hampshire is 18 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $53,920. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 313 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $53,920 the take-home is $45,505. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $43,196 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $57,500, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 18 of 47 for structural metal fabricators and fitters at $53,920. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 313 of 488 in New Hampshire places structural metal fabricators and fitters in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $45,505 for structural metal fabricators and fitters, from $53,920. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,196. ⚠️ 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 $57,500 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,800 |
| This salary | $53,920 |
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 | $45,505 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,505 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,632 |
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 | $53,920 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,392 |
| 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 structural metal fabricators and fitters in New Hampshire earn under $53,920 and half over. The published range runs $45,140 at the tenth percentile to $72,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $45,505 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $53,920. 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 313 of 488.
- Two cautions on $43,196, the adjusted value of that $53,920 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Hampshire. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 313 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for structural metal fabricators and fitters in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,140 to $72,800; 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.
- Retained pay of $45,505, from $53,920, 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 313 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 47 for it.
- This $43,196 adjusted figure, worked from $53,920, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 313 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 313 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $57,500 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,140 and the top tenth $72,800, 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?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $43,196 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $45,505 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 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $57,500. 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 ($45,140 to $72,800) 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 $43,196 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 $45,505 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.