Surveyors in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,512
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,618
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,746
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
$65,130
Kept after tax
$54,512
Worth in national money
$51,746
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is among the lower-paying states for surveyors. The middle earner takes $65,130, ranking 39 of 50 states — about 13.67% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Surveyors ranks 214 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $65,130, tax leaves $54,512 — and because New Hampshire is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $51,746 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $71,120, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Hampshire ranks 39 of 50 for surveyors, with a median of $65,130 — about 13.67% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 214 of 488 in New Hampshire places surveyors 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.
- After tax, $54,512 remains from the New Hampshire median of $65,130 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $51,746 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $71,120 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Surveyors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,560 |
| This salary | $65,130 |
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 | $54,512 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,512 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,351 |
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 | $65,130 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,262 |
| 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 $65,130. The published range is $58,000 up to $93,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $54,512, from $65,130, 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 214 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,746, the adjusted value of that $65,130 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 214 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for surveyors in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,000 to $93,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,512 from $65,130. 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 214 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $51,746 — the adjusted value of that $65,130 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 214 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 $71,120, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,000 at the bottom tenth to $93,560 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $51,746 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $54,512 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $71,120. 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 ($58,000 to $93,560) 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 $51,746 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 $54,512 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.