New Hampshire (NH) Paycheck Calculator 2026

New Hampshire paychecks: federal taxes only

A New Hampshire paycheck has three tax deductions: federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare. New Hampshire does not tax wages, has no state withholding form and has no employee-paid disability, family leave or unemployment premium.

For most workers that means your take-home pay is set by your federal Form W-4 and any voluntary deductions — health insurance, retirement contributions and the like.

Example New Hampshire take-home pay

Bi-weekly checks for three New Hampshire workers. The married row includes $3,000 a year of pre-tax health premiums, which also reduce Social Security and Medicare wages.

• The single worker at $62,000 keeps about 83.9% of gross pay.
• Pre-tax health premiums save the married worker roughly $230 a year in FICA on top of the income-tax saving.

Commuting to Massachusetts

Many New Hampshire residents work in Massachusetts, and this is where state tax enters the picture. Massachusetts taxes nonresidents on wages, salaries, tips and bonuses that relate to work performed in Massachusetts, so your Massachusetts employer will withhold Massachusetts tax on those wages.

You file Massachusetts Form 1-NR/PY as a nonresident if your Massachusetts-source income is more than the smaller of $8,000 or your prorated personal exemption. New Hampshire has no income tax to credit it against, so Massachusetts tax is a real cost of commuting.

• Keep a log of days worked from home in New Hampshire versus in a Massachusetts office: wages tied to work done outside Massachusetts are generally not Massachusetts-source.
• If your employer withholds Massachusetts tax for days you worked in New Hampshire, you can allocate on Form 1-NR/PY and claim a refund.
• Workers in Maine or Vermont face the same issue with those states’ nonresident rules.

Minimum wage and pay frequency

New Hampshire’s minimum wage is tied to the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. The state requires wages to be paid weekly or bi-weekly; employers need written permission from the New Hampshire Department of Labor to pay semimonthly or monthly. That means bi-weekly (26 checks a year) is the most common New Hampshire schedule.

Common New Hampshire paycheck questions

Bonuses paid separately from regular wages are typically withheld at the flat 22% federal supplemental rate, with no state amount added. If you have a second job, use Step 2 of the W-4 so each employer withholds enough federal tax. And if you are self-employed, there is still no state income tax — but see the income tax page for New Hampshire’s business taxes, which can apply to sole proprietors.