Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,286
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,074
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,633
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
$62,360
Kept after tax
$52,286
Worth in national money
$49,633
State rank
7
of 51 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 $62,360, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 16.02% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations New Hampshire reports figures for, this is number 240.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $62,360 the take-home is $52,286; in national-average money that behaves like $49,633. The average comes to $62,900, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Hampshire's median for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers is $62,360, about 16.02% above the national figure and 7 of 51 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, welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers sits at 240 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.
- Take-home for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in New Hampshire, on $62,360, is $52,286; deflated by the state's price level, $49,633. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $62,900 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,290 |
| This salary | $62,360 |
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 | $52,286 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,286 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,173 |
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 | $62,360 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,047 |
| 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 $62,360. The published range is $47,540 up to $80,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $52,286, from $62,360, 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 240 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 $49,633, the adjusted value of that $62,360 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 240 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,540 to $80,290. 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 $52,286 from $62,360. 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 240 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $49,633 — the adjusted value of that $62,360 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 240 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,540 at the tenth percentile, $80,290 at the ninetieth.
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 $49,633 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,286 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,540 to $80,290) 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 $49,633 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 $52,286 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.