Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. New Hampshire scores 104.2 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $78,124 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | New Hampshire (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 104.2 | 9th of 51 |
| Rents | 114.9 | 12th of 51 |
| Goods | 98.6 | — |
| Other services | 103.9 | — |
Home electricity averaged 23.40 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $4.07 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 683,290 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in New Hampshire, the median pay is $55,880 a year, or $26.87 an hour; that ranks 16th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $33,030 and one in ten more than $126,930.
New Hampshire has no state income tax on wages. More on taxes in New Hampshire. A single filer on the median $55,880, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $47,080 a year, or $1,811 every two weeks, after $4,526 of federal income tax, $4,275 of Social Security and Medicare. Work out your own paycheck in New Hampshire.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Salespersons | 23,880 | $36,200 |
| General and Operations Managers | 22,110 | $124,680 |
| Cashiers | 17,250 | $33,840 |
| Registered Nurses | 15,390 | $99,700 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 14,540 | $31,590 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are software developers ($139,720), general and operations managers ($124,680), registered nurses ($99,700). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 10 New Hampshire counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $506,234, and across the 9 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $2,078 a month. A typical home costs 4.27 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $3,931 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $168,465 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 0.0% of New Hampshire's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +3.0% over the past year and +38.0% over five years, and rents +3.7% over the past year.
The most expensive New Hampshire counties are Rockingham County ($636,239), Hillsborough County ($528,960) and Belknap County ($519,281); the least expensive are Coos County ($257,178), Sullivan County ($392,192) and Cheshire County ($396,254).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median New Hampshire county, that comes to $48,593 a year for one adult and $109,276 for two adults and two children, of which $21,845 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $106,917.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $18,384 | $1,532 |
| Food | $13,168 | $1,097 |
| Transportation | $20,164 | $1,680 |
| Healthcare | $13,156 | $1,096 |
| Childcare | $21,845 | $1,820 |
| Other necessities | $9,745 | $812 |
| Taxes | $12,897 | $1,075 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 30 colleges in New Hampshire, 13 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $22,604 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $51,362. Compare degrees and schools.
| Belknap County | $519,281 | +2.9% | $1,963 | $107,907 | $107,977 |
| Carroll County | $514,569 | +3.4% | $2,078 | $98,290 | $107,493 |
| Cheshire County | $396,254 | +3.7% | $1,737 | $99,241 | $107,436 |
| Coos County | $257,178 | −1.1% | — | $82,200 | $95,423 |
| Grafton County | $436,642 | +3.1% | $2,384 | $105,927 | $110,574 |
| Hillsborough County | $528,960 | +2.2% | $2,174 | $124,104 | $127,420 |
| Merrimack County | $498,955 | +3.1% | $2,074 | $116,752 | $112,080 |
| Rockingham County | $636,239 | +3.0% | $2,590 | $138,240 | $130,675 |
| Strafford County | $513,513 | +2.9% | $2,126 | $118,846 | $125,810 |
| Sullivan County | $392,192 | +4.0% | $1,716 | $96,832 | $104,525 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
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County figures are medians across New Hampshire's counties, each counting once, so they describe the spread of places rather than of people. Property tax and insurance vary widely; the calculators let you use your own.