New Hampshire Paystub Generator

Why Granite State Paychecks Skip State Withholding

New Hampshire has never taxed wages. The one personal tax it did levy, the Interest and Dividends Tax, was repealed by House Bill 2 of 2023 and no longer applies to tax periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025. The Department of Revenue Administration told filers not to send 2025 estimated payments. That tax never reached paychecks anyway, since it applied to investment income rather than wages.

There are also no city or county wage taxes. Concord, Manchester, Portsmouth and every other town leave payroll alone, so the only withholding on a New Hampshire employee's check is federal.

Lines You Should See on a Manchester Earnings Statement

The Additional Medicare line appears only once year-to-date wages pass $200,000 and it has no employer match. The IRS explains all of these rates in Topic 751 on Social Security and Medicare withholding.

A stub that shows a New Hampshire state tax deduction for someone who lives and works in the state is a red flag. It usually means the template was built for another state and the numbers were never checked.

Sample Output: Biweekly Pay for a Manchester Builder

This is a real preview from the generator. With no state line, net pay is the only highlighted figure.

Scenario: hourly employee of Granite Peak Builders LLC, 900 Elm St, Manchester, NH 03101, paid biweekly. Pay period Sep 14 to Sep 27, 2026, pay date Sep 29, 2026. $27.00 an hour for 80 hours, filing single. This is the 20th paycheck of the year.

There is no state line to compute. That is the point. Medicare is $2,160 × 1.45% = $31.32 and Social Security is $2,160 × 6.2% = $133.92. Year-to-date wages of $43,200 are far below the $184,500 Social Security cap, so both FICA lines simply repeat 20 times. If a New Hampshire paystub for this worker showed a state tax amount, net pay would be understated and the document would not match the bank deposits.

What RSA 275:49 Requires Employers to Hand Over

New Hampshire's pay stub rule is short. RSA 275:49 IV says every employer must furnish each employee with a statement of the deductions made from his or her wages for each pay period in which deductions are made. The same section adds several related duties:

• Tell employees at hiring the rate of pay and the day and place of payment.
• Give notice of any change to those arrangements before it takes effect.
• Make vacation, sick leave and other fringe benefit policies available in writing or on a posted notice.
• Keep wage and hour records for 3 years.

Department of Labor rule Lab 803.03 fills in the details: the hiring notice must also state the pay basis and how wages are calculated, employees must receive a written statement of the deductions RSA 275:48 allows and time records must show when work began and ended. Because the statute centers on deductions, a clear stub that itemizes each one with current and year-to-date amounts is the simplest way to comply.

Weekly or Biweekly: New Hampshire Payday Deadlines

RSA 275:43 I sets the schedule. Employees paid weekly must receive all wages within 8 days after the workweek ends. Employees paid biweekly must be paid within 15 days after the workweek ends. Paying less often than biweekly requires authorization from the Labor Commissioner.

Wages can be paid in cash, by direct deposit with written authorization, by electronic transfer, by payroll card or by check. Employers that use deposit or payroll cards must still offer a check option. Payroll card costs cannot be passed on to the employee. The sample above fits the biweekly rule: the period closes Sep 27 and pay arrives two days later.

The 72-Hour Clock on Final Wages

RSA 275:44 sets different deadlines depending on how the job ended:

An employer that willfully misses these deadlines can owe liquidated damages of 10% of the unpaid wages per day, capped at the amount of the unpaid wages. A final stub follows the same format as any other: gross pay, federal taxes, deductions and net pay.

When a Paid Family and Medical Leave Deduction Appears

New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave is a voluntary insurance program run with MetLife, not a mandatory payroll tax. Whether it shows up on a stub depends on the employer's choices:

• An employer that pays the full premium takes no payroll deduction at all.
• Employers with 50 or more New Hampshire workers that share the cost must collect the worker share through payroll deductions.
• Large employers also deduct premiums for workers who bought an individual plan.
• Smaller employers may use payroll deductions but are not required to.

Employers receive a Business Enterprise Tax credit equal to 50% of the six-week premium they pay themselves. The premium amount comes from the employer's plan documents. The generator does not add a PFML line, so any premium withheld has to be listed on the statement the employer gives the worker.

Federal $7.25 Floor, $3.27 Tipped Base and Overtime

RSA 279:21 ties the state minimum to the federal rate. If a tipped employee's base pay plus tips falls short of $7.25 for the hours worked, the employer pays the difference. Seasonal and amusement businesses that meet the statute's tests are exempt from state overtime.

Three Steps to a Stub for a New Hampshire Employer

1. Enter the employer's name and address, choose New Hampshire as the work state and add the employee's details.
2. Set the pay frequency, rate, hours and W-4 filing status.
3. Preview the statement free, compare each line with payroll and download the PDF.

The New Hampshire pay stub generator handles salaried and hourly staff alike. Nevada is another state without a wage tax; its Nevada paystub generator works the same way. Crews that also work in states with an income tax need a state line, which the Nebraska paystub generator and the Missouri paystub generator add automatically. The full list of states is on the state pay stub directory.

Using Granite State Pay Records Honestly

A pay stub should record wages that were actually earned and paid. Use it to run real payroll, replace a lost New Hampshire checkstub or document income for a landlord together with bank statements and a W-2. Creating or altering income documents to deceive a lender, landlord or agency is fraud under state and federal law.