New Hampshire Paycheck Calculator (2026)

Employers use the IRS Publication 15-T percentage method with the elections on your Form W-4: filing status, whether Step 2 is checked, Step 3 credits, and any Step 4 adjustments. That produces an amount to withhold each pay period before Social Security, Medicare, and any state or local tax are applied.

FICA is Social Security tax (6.2% of wages up to the annual Social Security wage base) plus Medicare tax (1.45% of all wages, with an extra 0.9% on wages above $200,000 in a year). Both are withheld on every US paycheck regardless of which state you work in, because they fund federal programs rather than a state one.

It is an estimate for planning, not a substitute for your pay stub. Your actual withholding depends on the exact elections on file with your employer, your specific pay dates, and any mid-year changes to your deductions — the calculator applies the published federal and state formulas to the numbers you enter.

No. The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration states that New Hampshire does not have an income tax on an individual's reported W-2 wages, so a New Hampshire paycheck has no state income tax withholding line.

Yes. The Department of Revenue Administration says the Interest and Dividends Tax was repealed for taxable periods beginning after December 31, 2024, under House Bill 2 from the 2023 session. It applied to interest and dividend income, never to wages, and returns for 2024 and earlier years were still due.

New Hampshire not taxing wages only removes the state withholding line. Every paycheck in every state, including New Hampshire, still has federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare withheld under the same IRS rules.

Only if the employer's plan is set up that way. New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave is voluntary, and its premium can be paid 100% by the employer, shared with workers, or paid 100% by workers. This calculator does not deduct it; if your plan takes a premium, enter it as a deduction.

No amount is deducted for it here. New Hampshire Employment Security says employers pay unemployment compensation taxes when they file their quarterly tax and wage report, and the calculator shows no employee unemployment deduction for New Hampshire.

It is $7.25 per hour. New Hampshire law under RSA 279 sets the state minimum wage at the level of the federal minimum wage, and the U.S. Department of Labor's state table lists New Hampshire at $7.25.

A tipped employee of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn, or cabin who customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips directly from customers receives a base rate from the employer of not less than 45 percent of the applicable minimum wage, according to the New Hampshire Department of Labor.

No. Because New Hampshire has no income tax on wages, there is no state withholding certificate. Only the federal Form W-4 affects the income tax withheld from a New Hampshire paycheck.

It can. Whether state tax is withheld depends on the state where the work is performed and that state's rules for nonresidents, not on New Hampshire having no wage tax. New Hampshire borders all three, so check the other state's withholding rules separately.

Yes, generally. The New Hampshire Department of Labor says employees are paid time and one half for time worked over 40 hours in a week, except employees of employers covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (which has its own overtime rule) and seasonal employees of employers operating less than six months.