Moving from Massachusetts to New Hampshire
20,310 people moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire in 2024, the 56th busiest of the 57 interstate moves covered here; 11,286 moved the other way.
The year you move. You file a part-year resident return in Massachusetts for the income earned while you lived there. New Hampshire has no return to file.
Local income tax at each end. Massachusetts: no local income tax. New Hampshire: no local income tax.
At $100,000 a single filer saves $4,780 a year by moving from Massachusetts to New Hampshire — $398 a month. Massachusetts charges $4,780 at that income and New Hampshire charges $0, an effective 4.78% against 0.00%. Massachusetts vs New Hampshire, side by side.
The gap is not constant. At $50,000 it is $2,280; at $500,000 it is $24,780. New Hampshire levies no individual income tax, so the whole of your Massachusetts bill disappears and the saving grows with every dollar you earn.
The move priced at every income
State income tax in both jurisdictions for tax year 2026, at the standard tiers. Change the filing status to see how the answer moves.
| Income | Massachusetts tax | New Hampshire tax | Change per year | Change per month | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $2,280 | $0 | −$2,280 | −$190 | 4.56% → 0.00% |
| $75,000 | $3,530 | $0 | −$3,530 | −$294 | 4.71% → 0.00% |
| $100,000 | $4,780 | $0 | −$4,780 | −$398 | 4.78% → 0.00% |
| $150,000 | $7,280 | $0 | −$7,280 | −$607 | 4.85% → 0.00% |
| $250,000 | $12,280 | $0 | −$12,280 | −$1,023 | 4.91% → 0.00% |
| $500,000 | $24,780 | $0 | −$24,780 | −$2,065 | 4.96% → 0.00% |
Want a figure for your own income? Open this pair in the moving calculator, which also takes Maryland county and New York City local taxes.
Both states at $100,000
Massachusetts (leaving)
$100,000 · Single · TY2026New Hampshire (arriving)
$100,000 · Single · TY2026How many people make this move
20,310 people moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire in 2024, give or take 3,696 — the American Community Survey is a sample, and its margin of error on a flow this size is wide. That makes it the 56th busiest of the 57 interstate moves with a page of their own.
The traffic runs both ways: 11,286 people moved the other way, from New Hampshire to Massachusetts, in the same year. That is a net 9,024 toward New Hampshire. The return trip has no page of its own; the moving calculator prices it.
Movers: U.S. Census Bureau, Table 1. State-to-State Migration Flows: 2024 (American Community Survey 1-year estimates) (retrieved 2026-09-23). Universe: population 1 year and over in the united states. Tax figures are computed from each state's own rate schedule and are unrelated to this dataset.
What else changes between Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Capital gains. A long-term gain meets a top rate of 9.00% in Massachusetts and 0.00% in New Hampshire.
Massachusetts, today: A long-term gain is Part C income, which MGL c.62 s.4(c) taxes "at the same rate as provided for in paragraph (b)", the 5% rate that applies to wages. Above the surtax threshold of $1,107,750 for 2026 a further 4% applies, giving 9%.
New Hampshire, after the move: New Hampshire taxes no individual capital gain. RSA chapter 77, Taxation of Incomes, the state's only individual income tax (levied on interest and dividend income), is shown as "Repealed by 2021, 91:99, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2025," so it reaches no income in tax year 2026. Compare every state.
Retirement income. New Hampshire: New Hampshire levies no individual income tax, so Social Security benefits are not taxed at the state level. Compare every state.
Direction of travel. Massachusetts's top rate has risen 4.00 points since 2021. New Hampshire's top rate has not moved since 2021. Massachusetts history · New Hampshire history.
What this does not answer
State income tax only. Property tax, sales tax and housing costs usually matter more to a moving decision than the figures on this page, and none of them is here.
Rates are tax year 2026. Sources: Massachusetts Department of Revenue and New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. How we verify this data · Disclaimer