- The middle half earn between $18.94 and $28.93 an hour.
- New Hampshire ranks 16th of the 48 states with published figures for median pay in this trade.
- New Hampshire pays more than 1 of its 2 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 40 locksmiths on payrolls in New Hampshire.
- At the state median wage, a locksmith business needs to bill about $118.30 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Locksmith pay in New Hampshire, bottom to top
BLS files these as locksmiths and safe repairers: the people who open and repair locks, make keys, change locks and combinations, and install and repair safes.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $15.37 | $31,970 | $17.08 |
| 25th percentile | $18.94 | $39,400 | $20.75 |
| Median | $27.17 | $56,510 | $24.68 |
| 75th percentile | $28.93 | $60,170 | $31.04 |
| 90th percentile | $34.86 | $72,500 | $38.17 |
| Average (mean) | $25.17 | $52,360 | $26.67 |
From the bottom tenth ($15.37) to the top tenth ($34.86), the top of the scale pays about 2.3 times the bottom in New Hampshire, close to the 2.2 times spread for locksmiths nationwide.
Both ends trail the national figures. The bottom tenth earn $1.71 an hour less than the bottom tenth nationally, and the top tenth $3.31 less than the national top tenth.
The average wage ($25.17) is a little under the median, so the low end of the range stretches further than the high end in New Hampshire.
How New Hampshire compares with other states
Over a full year, the New Hampshire median of $56,510 is $5,190 more than the national $51,320.
In the state ranking, New Hampshire sits 16th, between West Virginia ($27.25) and Montana ($27.02). The range runs from $17.20 in Arkansas to $36.89 in the District of Columbia.
Against its neighboring states, New Hampshire is in the middle: Massachusetts pays more, and Maine pays less.
These are wages as paid, not adjusted for what it costs to live in New Hampshire. Rent, home prices and taxes decide how far a higher wage goes.
| Neighboring state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against New Hampshire |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | $27.17 | $56,510 | |
| Maine | $25.32 | $52,670 | −$1.85 an hour |
| Massachusetts | $28.57 | $59,420 | +$1.40 an hour |
How many locksmiths work in New Hampshire
New Hampshire has one of the smaller workforces in the trade: 40 locksmiths on payrolls, 0.3% of the 15,040 nationwide.
It is a smaller part of local jobs than in most of the country, at 0.1 per 1,000 jobs, 0.54 times the national share.
What a locksmith business in New Hampshire should charge
Higher wages in New Hampshire go straight into the price. Take a locksmith business in New Hampshire paying the state median of $27.17 and run it through the labor rate calculator with its starting numbers (40-hour weeks, 10 paid days off, 2 unbilled hours a day, 7.65% payroll taxes, $90,000 a year of overhead and 15% profit).
| Step | Math | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Paid hours | 40 × 52 | 2,080 |
| Hours at work | 2,080 − 10 days × 8 | 2,000 |
| Billable hours | 2,000 × 6 ÷ 8 | 1,500 |
| Labor cost | $27.17 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $60,837 |
| Break-even rate | ($60,837 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $100.56 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $100.56 ÷ 0.85 | $118.30 |
That is $118.30 per billable hour, 4.4 times the wage, and $4.37 more than the $113.93 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $28.93 in New Hampshire, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $121.39.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $18.94, the rate only drops to $103.85.
Overhead, at $60 of every billed hour, and the unbilled hours move this rate more than a raise does. A dollar more in wages adds about $1.76 to the rate.
Run it with your own numbers in the labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Working as a locksmith in New Hampshire
- Running the business. Quotes, invoices, booking and your website in one place: how locksmiths run on Koira.
- Getting found. The free Koira report checks how your business shows up in search and on maps against shops near you.
Where these numbers come from
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
The figures are the BLS state estimates for SOC 49-9094, locksmiths and safe repairers, across all industries, read straight from the May 2025 state data file. They cover wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. Where BLS did not publish a figure, this page leaves it out.
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