Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,069
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,021
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,427
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
$62,090
Kept after tax
$52,069
Worth in national money
$49,427
State rank
13
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $62,090, ranking 13 of 47 states and sitting about 5.87% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 242.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $62,090 the take-home is $52,069. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $49,427 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $66,970, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's median for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers is $62,090, about 5.87% above the national figure and 13 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In New Hampshire's occupational distribution, title examiners, abstractors, and searchers sits at 242 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $52,069 for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers, from $62,090. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,427. ⚠️ 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 $66,970 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,390 |
| This salary | $62,090 |
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 | $52,069 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,069 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,156 |
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 | $62,090 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,026 |
| 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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in New Hampshire earn under $62,090 and half over. The published range runs $48,580 at the tenth percentile to $82,390 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $52,069, from $62,090, 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 242 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 $49,427, the adjusted value of that $62,090 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 242 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in New Hampshire, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,580 to $82,390; 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 $52,069 from $62,090. 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 242 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $49,427 — the adjusted value of that $62,090 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 242 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 $66,970, 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 $48,580 and the top tenth $82,390, 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 $49,427 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $52,069 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 $66,970. 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 ($48,580 to $82,390) 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 $49,427 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 $52,069 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.