New Hampshire minimum wage 2026
OfficialThe New Hampshire rate, the next increase and a full-time paycheck after tax.
- Minimum wage
- $7.25
- an hour
- Next rate
- none scheduled
- Full time, after tax
- $13,926
- a year
- Rank
- #32 of 51
- by minimum wage, 1 is the highest (tied)
What is the minimum wage in New Hampshire in 2026?
The New Hampshire minimum wage is $7.25 an hour in 2026, the same as the federal minimum. Next door, the minimum wage is higher in Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont; see the Maine minimum wage.
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Will the New Hampshire minimum wage go up in 2027?
No increase is scheduled, so it stays at $7.25 an hour in 2027.
$7.25 an hour
- Today, November 1, 2026
How much is minimum wage a year in New Hampshire?
Full time, a New Hampshire minimum wage job pays $15,080 a year before tax. See what $7.25 an hour pays in each state. The closest salary with its own page is $20,000 a year.
- A year
- $15,080
- A month
- $1,256.67
- Every two weeks
- $580.00
- A week
- $290.00
How this is calculated
- The hourly rate times 40 hours a week times 52 weeks.
How much is a minimum wage paycheck after taxes in New Hampshire?
After taxes, full-time minimum wage work in New Hampshire takes home $13,926 a year. Each paycheck every two weeks comes to $535.63. It takes 149.4 hours of work to take home $1,000. There is no New Hampshire state income tax on minimum wage pay. Run your own hours through the New Hampshire hourly paycheck calculator.
- Take-home per year
- $13,926
- Every two weeks
- $535.63
- Per hour after tax
- $6.70
- In national prices
- $13,370
How this is calculated
- Full-time pay of $15,080 through federal, Social Security, Medicare and New Hampshire taxes for 2026.
- The reference worker is a single filer with one job, paid every two weeks, with a standard Form W-4 and no pre-tax deductions, under 65.
Is $20 an hour good pay in New Hampshire?
It is below the middle: $20 an hour is more than 28% of New Hampshire workers earn, but less than half of them. The New Hampshire median wage is $26.87 an hour.
Wage statistics cover employees in all jobs, full and part time, not the self-employed.
What is the tipped minimum wage in New Hampshire?
Tipped workers in New Hampshire can be paid $3.27 an hour if tips bring them to at least $7.25.
The employer must make up the difference in any week tips fall short.
How has the New Hampshire minimum wage changed?
It has been $7.25 an hour since July 24, 2009, when the federal minimum last rose.
How does the New Hampshire minimum wage compare with other states?
New Hampshire is tied for last with 19 other states at $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum; the highest is Washington, DC at $18.40 an hour. Idaho's minimum wage is the same $7.25, and so are Kansas' and Louisiana's. The minimum wage in every state page lists all of them.
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Questions people ask
How much is minimum wage per week in New Hampshire?
Full time, a New Hampshire minimum wage job takes home $267.82 a week after taxes.
Is the New Hampshire minimum wage worth more in local prices?
No. After taxes and New Hampshire prices, a full-time minimum wage job is worth $13,370 a year at average US prices, less than its $13,926 take-home.