New Hampshire Paycheck Calculator 2026
New Hampshire has no state income tax. Estimate federal + FICA net pay below.
Last updated: November 2025
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New Hampshire 2026 tax overview
Interest & Dividends tax fully repealed January 1, 2025; no wage income tax.
Breakdown
No income tax brackets in New Hampshire
There is no bracket table on this page because New Hampshire has none: it does not tax wage income at all. What you owe is federal income tax and FICA, and those are shown in the breakdown above.
Where New Hampshire gets the money instead
New Hampshire is the extreme case: no income tax and no sales tax, funded almost entirely by property tax, which is among the highest effective rates in the country. A high earner in a modest house wins; a modest earner in an expensive house does not.
Approximate effective rates from Tax Foundation state comparisons, shown to give the order of magnitude of the trade-off. They move a little each year; check your county assessor for the figure that applies to you.
New Hampshire repealed its interest and dividends tax with effect from 1 January 2025, so it now taxes no personal income at all. Any source still describing a 3% or 4% New Hampshire tax is out of date.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does New Hampshire have a state income tax?
No. New Hampshire levies no state income tax on wages for tax year 2026. Interest & Dividends tax fully repealed January 1, 2025; no wage income tax. Federal income tax and FICA still apply: Social Security at 6.2% on wages up to $184,500 and Medicare at 1.45%, plus 0.9% additional Medicare above $200,000 single or $250,000 married filing jointly.
If New Hampshire has no income tax, what does it tax instead?
New Hampshire is the extreme case: no income tax and no sales tax, funded almost entirely by property tax, which is among the highest effective rates in the country. A high earner in a modest house wins; a modest earner in an expensive house does not. The effective property tax rate runs around 1.93% of a home's value per year, and the combined average state and local sales tax rate is about 0.0% (no sales tax at all). Before treating a move as a tax cut, price both against what you would have paid in income tax where you are now.
What surprises people most about New Hampshire income tax?
New Hampshire repealed its interest and dividends tax with effect from 1 January 2025, so it now taxes no personal income at all. Any source still describing a 3% or 4% New Hampshire tax is out of date.