New Hampshire Minimum Wage 2026
Figure basis: Official New Hampshire Department of LaborNew Hampshire's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour in 2026, matching the federal minimum. This New Hampshire minimum wage calculator turns that hourly rate into the numbers that actually matter to you: weekly, monthly and yearly pay. At $7.25 an hour, someone working a full 40-hour week earns about $290.00 before tax, or roughly $15,080.00 across a full year. Enter your own hours per week and weeks worked to see your gross pay, and edit the rate if you are paid above the minimum. The minimum wage is a floor, not a ceiling: employers can pay more, and some cities in New Hampshire set their own higher local minimums. Tipped workers can be paid a lower cash wage as long as tips bring them up to the minimum; see the tipped calculator for that. The figure here is the state rate for 2026, sourced directly from the New Hampshire Department of Labor; the pay calculation is simply hours times the rate.
New Hampshire's 2026 minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Full time (40 hrs/week) that is about $290.00 a week and $15,080.00 a year before tax.
How New Hampshire minimum wage pay is calculated
weekly pay = hourly rate x hours per week
annual pay = hourly rate x hours per week x weeks per year
overtime = hourly rate x 1.5 (hours over 40 in a week, FLSA)
These are gross figures before federal and New Hampshire income tax, Social Security and Medicare. Your take-home pay is lower; see our New Hampshire paycheck calculator for the after-tax amount.
The New England outlier that ties to federal
New Hampshire is the odd one out in New England. Rather than setting a higher wage like Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts, it repealed its own state minimum wage in 2011, and RSA 279:21 now pegs the standard rate to the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. So while much of the region sits between $13.00 and $15.00 or more, a Granite State worker's floor is the plain federal number.
The tipped rules are where New Hampshire writes its own rule. It sets a tipped cash wage at 45 percent of the minimum, which comes to $3.27 an hour for restaurant and hotel employees who make more than $30 a month in tips. That is above the federal $2.13 cash wage, and the employer must still top up any shortfall so that cash plus tips reaches $7.25.
A frequent misconception is that New Hampshire simply has 'no minimum wage.' It has one; it just chooses to match the federal figure by statute rather than legislate a higher rate. The practical takeaway is $7.25 for most workers, $3.27 in cash for tipped staff, and overtime at time and a half after 40 hours in a single week.
New Hampshire minimum wage: frequently asked questions
What is the minimum wage in New Hampshire in 2026?
New Hampshire's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour in 2026, matching the federal minimum. At $7.25 an hour, a full-time worker (40 hours a week) earns about $290.00 a week and $15,080.00 a year before tax. This rate took effect on July 24, 2009.
How much is full-time minimum wage in New Hampshire per year?
At New Hampshire's $7.25 minimum wage, 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is 2,080 hours, which comes to about $15,080.00 a year ($1,256.67 a month) in gross pay before tax and deductions. Part-time hours scale down from there; use the calculator to enter your own hours.
Is New Hampshire's minimum wage going up?
New Hampshire does not automatically index its minimum wage to inflation, so it changes only when the law changes. The figure here is the 2026 rate verified with the New Hampshire Department of Labor.
What is the tipped minimum wage in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire lets employers pay tipped workers a lower cash wage of $3.27 an hour and count up to $3.98 of tips toward the minimum (a "tip credit"). If cash wage plus tips does not reach $7.25 an hour, the employer must make up the difference. See our New Hampshire tipped minimum wage calculator for the full breakdown.
Is New Hampshire's minimum wage higher than the federal minimum wage?
No. The rate that applies in New Hampshire is the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. Where a state and the federal rate differ, workers are entitled to the higher of the two.
Official sources
- New Hampshire 2026 minimum wage rate: New Hampshire Department of Labor, as at July 11, 2026.
- Federal minimum wage ($7.25) and overtime rules: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division.
Reviewed by the CalculatorHub team, edited by James Graham, 11 July 2026. See our methodology. General information, not legal or financial advice. New Hampshire statutorily ties its standard minimum wage to the federal $7.25. Tipped cash wage is $3.27, not the federal $2.13 (RSA 279:21).