New Hampshire is one of nine U.S. states with no state income tax on wages in 2026. That means the only mandatory withholdings from your paycheck are federal income tax and FICA (Social Security and Medicare) — there is no state line item at all. On a $75,000 salary, a single filer takes home roughly $61,593 a year, or about 82.1% of gross pay, one of the higher keep-rates in the country.

No income tax does not mean no taxes. States like New Hampshire typically recover revenue through higher sales or property taxes, so your total tax burden depends on how much you spend and whether you own a home. Still, for high earners and remote workers, the absence of a state wage tax is a meaningful, guaranteed boost to every paycheck compared with the 4.8% average rate levied by states that do tax income.

Remember that FICA is separate from income tax and is not affected by your state. Every worker pays 6.2% for Social Security on the first $184,500 of wages (the 2026 wage base) plus 1.45% for Medicare on all wages. Pre-tax 401(k) and HSA contributions lower your federal and state income tax but do not reduce FICA — a detail that trips up a lot of first-time budgeters.

New Hampshire completed its journey to true no-income-tax status when its tax on interest and dividends was fully repealed at the start of 2025 — previously, wages were exempt but investment income wasn't. There's no state sales tax either. The revenue comes from elsewhere: New Hampshire's property taxes are among the very highest in the nation, so homeowners pay the state's bills even as paychecks go untouched.