Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,703
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,507
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,790
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
$44,210
Kept after tax
$37,703
Worth in national money
$35,790
State rank
7
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Hampshire's middle earner gets $44,210, putting the state 7 of 46 — about 14.44% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New Hampshire, this one sits low: 414 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,210 the take-home is $37,703; in national-average money that behaves like $35,790. The average lands at $43,860, below the middle of the range.
- For switchboard operators, including answering service, New Hampshire sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,210, ranking 7 of 46 and running about 14.44% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Switchboard operators, including answering service occupies position 414 of 488 in New Hampshire's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for switchboard operators, including answering service in New Hampshire, on $44,210, is $37,703; deflated by the state's price level, $35,790. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $43,860 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,660 |
| This salary | $44,210 |
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 | $37,703 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,703 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,009 |
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 | $44,210 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,639 |
| 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 switchboard operators, including answering service in New Hampshire earn under $44,210 and half over. The published range runs $37,850 at the tenth percentile to $49,660 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $37,703, from $44,210, 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 414 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 $35,790 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 414.
- Figures are distribution medians for switchboard operators, including answering service in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,850 to $49,660; 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 $37,703 from $44,210. 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 414 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,790, worked from $44,210, 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 414 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,850 and the top tenth $49,660, 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 $35,790 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,703 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,850 to $49,660) 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 $35,790 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 $37,703 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.