New Hampshire paychecks in 2026: what changed
New Hampshire still doesn't tax wages in 2026, and its tax on interest and dividends is now gone. The changes that reach your paycheck are federal.
The changes
- New federal withholding tables. The IRS updated Publication 15-T for 2026, including changes from the 2025 tax law. The standard deduction is $16,100 single, $32,200 married filing jointly, and $24,150 head of household.
- Social Security wage base: $184,500 (up from $176,100). If you earn more, Social Security stops later in the year.
- Tips and overtime deductions for 2025–2028 — see below.
- Interest and Dividends Tax repealed for tax periods beginning after December 31, 2024 — New Hampshire now taxes neither wages nor investment income of individuals.
- Minimum wage: still $7.25, the federal rate.
Tips and overtime in 2026
New federal deductions apply for 2025 through 2028: up to $25,000 for qualified tips, and up to $12,500 ($25,000 for joint filers) for the extra "half" of time-and-a-half overtime. Both phase out above $150,000 of income ($300,000 joint).
These are deductions on your tax return. Your employer still takes Social Security and Medicare out of tips and overtime, and still withholds income tax unless you tell it otherwise. If you expect to claim them, you can put the expected amount in Step 4(b) of your W-4 (and in the Step 4(b) box above) so less income tax is withheld during the year.
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Sources
- IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods — Worksheet 1A and the annual percentage-method tables
- IRS Publication 15 (2026), Employer's Tax Guide — Social Security and Medicare rates
- Social Security Administration — 2026 wage base of $184,500
- IRS — tips and overtime deductions
- New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration — Interest and Dividends Tax — no income tax on W-2 wages; I&D tax repealed for periods after December 31, 2024
- RSA 282-A:69 — Unemployment contributions — not to be deducted from wages
- New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave — Employers — voluntary; premiums by payroll deduction where offered
- New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave — individual plan no more than $5 a week
- New Hampshire Department of Labor — Minimum wage — federal $7.25; tipped base rate at least 45% of the minimum wage
- U.S. Department of Labor — Minimum wages for tipped employees — table updated July 1, 2026
- RSA 275:43 — Paydays
- RSA 275:44 — Final pay
- New Hampshire Department of Labor — File a wage claim — within 36 months of when wages were due