Pay and cost of living in Strafford County, NH
Across the 101 occupations we cover in Strafford County, NH, the middle median salary is $75,210 a year. Pay runs from $33,740 for Packers and Packagers, Hand up to $291,000 for Natural Sciences Managers, a spread of $257,260. Wages come from the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Strafford County, NH has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,600 a month and a two-bedroom $2,093. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $27,350 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $67,029 a year, and every one of the 101 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Strafford County, NH
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Strafford County, NH, set beside the New Hampshire and national medians.
Median household income in Strafford County, NH is $88,570, 11% below the New Hampshire median of $99,031 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($19,200) equals 21.7% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $75,210, is 15% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Strafford County, NH pay a median of $6,708 a year in real estate taxes, in line with the New Hampshire median of $6,667. With a median home value of $362,800, 10% below the New Hampshire median of $402,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.85% a year.
Renters in Strafford County, NH pay a median gross rent of $1,488 a month in the Census survey, in line with the New Hampshire median of $1,491. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,600; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Strafford County, NH who travel to a workplace spend an average of 26.0 minutes each way, 3% below the New Hampshire average of 26.7. 16.2% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.