Pay and cost of living in Hillsborough County, NH
Hillsborough County, NH is part of the Manchester-Nashua, NH labor market, and this page summarizes 5 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $49,630 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is General and Operations Managers at $124,990, and the lowest is Cashiers at $31,700.
A one-bedroom apartment in Hillsborough County, NH has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,715 a month and a two-bedroom $2,179. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $28,730 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $54,884 a year, and 4 of the 5 occupations listed here (80%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Hillsborough County, NH or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Hillsborough County, NH
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Hillsborough County, NH, set beside the New Hampshire and national medians.
Median household income in Hillsborough County, NH is $103,545, 5% above the New Hampshire median of $99,031 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($20,580) equals 19.9% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $49,630, is 52% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Hillsborough County, NH pay a median of $6,999 a year in real estate taxes, 5% above the New Hampshire median of $6,667. With a median home value of $421,100, 5% above the New Hampshire median of $402,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.66% a year.
Renters in Hillsborough County, NH pay a median gross rent of $1,623 a month in the Census survey, 9% above the New Hampshire median of $1,491. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,715; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Hillsborough County, NH who travel to a workplace spend an average of 27.3 minutes each way, 2% above the New Hampshire average of 26.7. 18.1% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.