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Chief Executive Salary in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

The annual salary statistics of chief executives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of chief executives in Portsmouth is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Chief Executives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$92,980
25th Percentile Wage
$143,410
50th Percentile Wage
$193,910
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $193,910. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $143,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $92,980.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chief executives from 2012 to 2018. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2019.

YearMedian Salary Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$193,910
12.36% 25.41%
2017
$169,950
-3.32% -
2016
$175,600
17.64% -
2012
$144,630
- -

Table 2. Compare Chief Executive Salary in Portsmouth with Other New Hampshire Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $193,910, Portsmouth is the second highest paying city for chief executives in state of New Hampshire, following the highest paying city Nashua (median annual salary of $199,240). Compared with Nashua, the median annual salary of chief executives in Portsmouth is 2.7 percent (2.7%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Nashua
$199,240
Portsmouth
$193,910
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem
$188,030
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$170,740
Rochester-Dover
$164,460
Dover-Durham
$163,690
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury
$160,740
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford
$151,570
Manchester
$145,540
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$137,920
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$130,690
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$125,360
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$117,320

See also: Top paying jobs in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.