Registered Nurse salary in New Hampshire

Official occupation: 29-1141 Registered Nurses · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

The median registered nurse in New Hampshire earns $99,700 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $97,550.

It ranks 16th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $75,610 and the 90th at $123,190 (a ratio of 1.6).

About 15,390 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 1.04).

For context, the median across all occupations in New Hampshire is $55,880, so this role pays 1.8 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureNew HampshireNational
Median annual pay Observed$99,700United States: $97,550
Mean annual pay Observed$97,900United States: $101,420
10th percentile Observed$75,610United States: $68,940
25th percentile Observed$82,880United States: $80,330
75th percentile Observed$108,400United States: $112,350
90th percentile Observed$123,190United States: $137,470
Median hourly pay Observed$47.93United States: $46.90
Employment (jobs) Observed15,390
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed22.517
Location quotient Observed1.04
Difference from United States median ($97,550) Derived+2%
Rank among 51 states Derived16
Ratio to New Hampshire all-occupation median ($55,880) Derived1.78×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived1.63

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 14. Colorado$100,260
  2. 15. Maryland$99,790
  3. 16. New Hampshire$99,700
  4. 17. Delaware$99,520
  5. 18. Arizona$99,500

Largest cities in New Hampshire: Manchester, Nashua, Concord, East Concord, Derry Village (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.