Software Engineer salary in New Hampshire

Official occupation: 15-1252 Software Developers · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

The median software engineer in New Hampshire earns $139,720 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $135,980.

It ranks 6th of 50 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $92,510 and the 90th at $205,370 (a ratio of 2.2).

New Hampshire has 10,840 of these jobs, a location quotient of 1.46: the role is 46% more concentrated here than nationally.

For context, the median across all occupations in New Hampshire is $55,880, so this role pays 2.5 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureNew HampshireNational
Median annual pay Observed$139,720United States: $135,980
Mean annual pay Observed$144,530United States: $148,100
10th percentile Observed$92,510United States: $82,460
25th percentile Observed$107,240United States: $105,210
75th percentile Observed$167,880United States: $171,980
90th percentile Observed$205,370United States: $214,670
Median hourly pay Observed$67.17United States: $65.38
Employment (jobs) Observed10,840
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed15.871
Location quotient Observed1.46
Difference from United States median ($135,980) Derived+3%
Rank among 50 states Derived6
Ratio to New Hampshire all-occupation median ($55,880) Derived2.50×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.22

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 4. Massachusetts$165,210
  2. 5. Oregon$142,720
  3. 6. New Hampshire$139,720
  4. 7. Maryland$138,680
  5. 8. Colorado$138,390

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.