Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,201
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$6,629
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,263
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
$44,830
Kept after tax
$38,201
Worth in national money
$36,263
State rank
39
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Hampshire pays this job a middle wage of $44,830, 39 of 49 states and about 3.34% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within New Hampshire this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 408. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $44,830 the take-home is $38,201. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $36,263 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $47,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire's $44,830 median for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping places it 39 of 49 states, about 3.34% 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.
- Against every occupation New Hampshire reports, weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ranks 408 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $38,201 for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, from $44,830. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,263. ⚠️ 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 $47,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,700 |
| This salary | $44,830 |
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 | $38,201 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,201 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,049 |
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 | $44,830 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,687 |
| 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 $44,830. The published range is $37,720 up to $61,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Hampshire's $38,201, worked from $44,830. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 408 of 488.
- Two cautions on $36,263, the adjusted value of that $44,830 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 408 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,720 to $61,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Hampshire take-home of $38,201, on $44,830 for work ranking 408 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 408 of 488 in the state.
- This $36,263 adjusted figure, worked from $44,830, 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 408 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 408 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 $47,270, 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 $37,720 and the top tenth $61,700, 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?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $36,263 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $38,201 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 49 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 $47,270. 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 ($37,720 to $61,700) 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 $36,263 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 $38,201 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.