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Truck Driver Salary in New Hampshire (2026)

The average Truck Driver in New Hampshire earns around $60,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $50,390/year ($4,199/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$50,390
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$4,199
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$1,938
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$24/hr
Federal Tax
$5,020
State Tax
$0
FICA Taxes
$4,590
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

16.02%
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Truck Driver Salary Ranges in New Hampshire

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$48,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$60,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$100,000

/year

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Not all Truck Drivers earn the same — not even close

New Hampshire's trucking market is anchored by the substantial NH I-93 + I-89 + I-95 + Spaulding Turnpike freight corridor (the substantial NH-MA Boston freight + the substantial NH-VT-ME tri-state freight), C&S Wholesale Grocers Keene (~$30B+ private grocery distribution + ~16K+ employees + the substantial C&S fleet + UFCW + Teamsters collective bargaining), the substantial post-2020 NH residential + commercial trucking growth driven by post-2020 NH UHNW + remote work migration, the substantial NH LTL post-Yellow Corp August 2023 bankruptcy successor work (Estes + Old Dominion + Saia + ABF + XPO), the substantial NH-MA Boston-area UPS + FedEx Freight + Amazon distribution, NH dairy + small farm + the substantial NH ag hauling, plus the substantial NH-MA cross-border freight + the substantial Manchester + Concord + Portsmouth + Nashua + Salem freight nodes.

Senior OTR Owner-Operator

$92,000–$162,000+ fuel

Independent OTR owner-operator · the substantial NH-anchored fleet

Senior OTR Company Driver

$72,000–$108,000+ OT

OTR driver at NH carriers · OBBBA OT applies

Senior C&S Wholesale / Grocery Driver

$78,000–$118,000+ OT

C&S Wholesale Grocers Keene · UFCW + Teamsters + the substantial C&S fleet

Senior Regional Driver (NH-Northeast)

$72,000–$105,000+ OT

NH-MA-CT-RI-VT-ME regional · home weekends + Northeast economic corridor

Senior LTL Driver (post-Yellow / Estes / ODFL)

$82,000–$125,000+ OT

LTL driver at Estes + Old Dominion + Saia + ABF + XPO · post-Yellow Corp successor

Senior UPS / FedEx Freight Driver

$88,000–$135,000+ OT

UPS Manchester + Concord + FedEx Freight NH + the substantial Teamsters Local 633

Senior Amazon / Walmart / Target Driver

$78,000–$118,000+ OT

Amazon Manchester + Walmart + Target NH distribution · the substantial post-2020 e-commerce

Senior Boston Commute / Drayage Driver

$82,000–$125,000+ OT

Boston port + Logan air freight + NH-resident drayage · tax-haven arbitrage

Mid-Career Driver (3-7 yrs)

$55,000–$75,000+ OT

Functional CDL driver at NH carriers · transitioning to senior band

New Driver (CDL fresh / Year 1-2)

$45,000–$62,000+ OT

New CDL-A driver at NH carriers · entry band + the substantial NH CDL training

Worth knowing: C&S Wholesale Grocers Keene + post-2024 Albertsons-Kroger deal collapse is one of the country's distinctive concentrated US single-state private grocery distribution trucking anchor and a feature most national trucking surveys understate for NH. C&S Wholesale Grocers Keene (substantial private grocery distribution + ~$30B+ private revenue + Cohen family-owned + ~16K+ employees nationwide + the substantial C&S Keene NH headquarters + the substantial C&S fleet operations + the substantial C&S UFCW + Teamsters collective bargaining + the substantial C&S Wholesale-Kroger pre-2024 $1.9B divestiture deal + the substantial post-December 2024 Kroger-Albertsons merger blocked by FTC affecting C&S deal context + the substantial C&S post-2024 strategic repositioning + the substantial C&S Symbotic automation partnership) supports substantial NH grocery distribution trucking. Senior C&S drivers clear $78-118K+ OT. The substantial NH I-93 + I-89 + I-95 + Spaulding Turnpike freight corridor + the substantial NH-MA Boston freight + post-Yellow Corp August 2023 LTL successor work + UPS + FedEx Freight + Amazon NH + the substantial post-2020 NH residential trucking growth driven by NH tax-haven UHNW migration. The 2025 No Tax on Overtime federal deduction applies through 2028. NH 0% wage income tax + post-2025 NH I&D tax repeal + NH 0% sales tax + NH is NOT a RTW state anchor the NH trucking proposition.

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