N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 94:1-a
Salaries Established
Effective Aug 16, 20251953, 265:1. RSA 94:1. 1955, 153:2; 321:1; 323:4, 6; 335:8. 1957, 90:1; 223:2; 274:4, 7; 315:2. 1959, 199:4; 268:12. 1961, 166:5; 221:4; 222:5; 223:4; 266:12. 1963, 39:2; 132:2; 209:2; 303:14; 328:17. 1965, 267:7; 365:1. 1967, 95:6; 253:6; 333:2; 379:10; 413:3; 445:1. 1969, 108:2; 453:2; 466:2; 500:11, 12. 1970, 19:3, I, II; 29:8; 38:8, 9; 55:3; 57:3, 4. 1971, 130:3; 325:1; 346:1; 526:2; 541:19. 1972, 36:4; 60:45, 46. 1973, 6:5; 10:4; 182:2; 369:2; 377:5, 6; 400:2; 544:5; 582:3; 594:3. 1974, 40:79; 47:13. 1975, 146:7; 208:4; 239:1; 439:22; 505:11, 28, 29, 48. 1976, 21:1; 44:3. 1977, 365:2; 470:1; 485:5; 488:4; 499:5; 568:2; 600:59, I-III, IV, 114. 1978, 55:4. 1979, 246:2; 256:9; 359:7; 378:45; 388:1; 408:3; 434:60, 86, 102, 115; 471:8; 494:7; 495:4. 1981, 466:6; 568:37, I-III, 60, I, 136, I, 140, I, 163, I. 1982, 42:16, I, 53, 84, 85. 1983, 140:4; 170:2; 379:8; 383:13; 416:5, 52; 419:12; 436:7; 461:15, 18; 469:34-36, 119, II. 1985, 268:42; 337:11; 399:3, I, 23; 402:34; 405:4, 5; 410:9. 1986, 12:9, 10; 116:1, 2; 128:7; 135:4; 141:3; 202:25; 223:11; 231:5, 6, 8, 9. 1987, 124:4; 149:5; 340:2; 380:36, 37; 401:4-6; 406:8-10; 411:10. 1988, 107:5; 232:6; 269:9. 1989, 124:2; 231:4; 240:7, I, II; 246:1; 303:1; 323:7; 330:1, I, II, 2; 362:2; 388:5; 396:6, I-VI, 7, I-VI; 419:3, 4. 1990, 70:1; 73:1; 140:1; 211:2; 235:9; 246:3, 4, I, II. 1991, 173:3; 269:10, 11; 339:3, 4; 346:14, 15; 355:7, I, 11, 13, I, 92, I-V. 1992, 13:7; 165:5; 221:5; 289:4. 1993, 240:1; 321:3, I; 358:10, 22, 32-37, 87. 1994, 158:20; 212:2; 379:3; 385:1-4; 389:16, 17; 410:8. 1995, 10:3; 181:18; 182:1, 2; 190:13; 308:17, 52, 92; 310:42, 43. 1996, 159:4; 210:4; 228:16, 17. 1997, 82:1; 329:15; 351:13, 19, 20, 24-26. 1998, 81:1; 363:3; 385:3, 4; 386:17. 1999, 167:1; 225:10, 24, 29-34; 296:5; 317:5; 345:2, 5. 2000, 166:8, 246:1. 2001, 158:32, 89, 90, 101, 102; 225:3; 237:1, 12; 286:20; 290:7. 2002, 150:1, 2; 257:13. 2003, 319:86, 114, 115, 166. 2004, 97:8; 171:9, 28; 187:9; 257:31. 2005, 177:71-73, 83-88, 103; 218:5; 222:7. 2006, 120:1; 290:1, 6, 13, I, II. 2007, 263:12, 85, 87, 137-145; 361:33, 34. 2008, 25:2, 3; 61:5; 102:1; 361:12; 387:2, 3. 2009, 13:5, I, II; 52:2; 144:70, 107, 189; 222:5. 2010, 119:7; 236:1-8. 2011, 224:128, 197, 237, 322-325, II. 2012, 226:1, I-IV, 2, I, II, 3, I, eff. June 16, 2012. 2013, 144:155, 158, 161, eff. July 12, 2013; 144:156, 159, 162, eff. July 11, 2014; 144:157, 160, 163, eff. Jan. 9, 2015; 247:11, eff. July 24, 2013. 2015, 254:5, eff. Sept. 11, 2015; 274:5, 7, 9, eff. Jan. 8, 2016; 274:6, 8, 10, eff. Jan. 6, 2017; 276:8, eff. July 1, 2015; 276:166-171, eff. Nov. 15, 2015. 2016, 263:1, 2, I, II, eff. Aug. 14, 2016. 2017, 150:1-4, eff. Aug. 15, 2017; 154:4-8, eff. Aug. 15, 2017; 156:38, 47, I-III, 193, eff. July 1, 2017. 2018, 81:7, I, II, eff. May 25, 2018; 140:3, eff. May 30, 2018; 162:9, 11, 13, eff. June 8, 2018; 162:10, 12, 14, eff. Jan. 4, 2019; 200:9, III, eff. July 1, 2018; 233:1, I-V, 2, I-IX, eff. Aug. 7, 2018; 315:10, eff. Aug. 24, 2018; 335:1, I-XI, eff. June 25, 2018. 2019, 157:1, 2, eff. July 1, 2019; 185:1, I-V, eff. July 10, 2019; 273:7, eff. Sept. 17, 2019; 346:25, eff. July 1, 2019; 346:261, eff. July 1, 2020. 2020, 37:66, 67, 79, eff. Sept. 27, 2020. 2021, 91:336, 337 and 340, eff. July 2, 2021; 91:338, 339 and 341, eff. July 1, 2022; 122:3, 4, eff. Sept. 7, 2021; 202:2, Pt. 1, Secs. 1 and 2, eff. Oct. 9, 2021. 2022, 101:1, 2, eff. July 1, 2022; 138:3, eff. Aug. 6, 2022; 146:4, eff. June 7, 2022; 260:1, eff. June 24, 2022; 272:31, eff. June 30, 2022. 2023, 79:176, 177, 180, eff. July 14, 2023; 79:178, 179, eff. July 12, 2024. 2024, 7:2, eff. Apr. 12, 2024; 247:1, 2, eff. Sept. 17, 2024. 2025, 20:1, 2, eff. July 13, 2025; 67:2, 3, eff. Aug. 1, 2025; 101:4, eff. Aug. 16, 2025; 141:72, 313, eff. July 1, 2025.
I.
(a) The following salary ranges shall apply to the following grades:
| GRADE | STEP 01 | STEP 02 | STEP 03 | STEP 04 | STEP 05 | STEP 06 | STEP 07 | |
| AA | 63,655 | 67,797 | 71,969 | 76,111 | 80,253 | 84,395 | 88,567 | |
| BB | 66,192 | 70,510 | 74,827 | 79,144 | 83,462 | 87,780 | 92,097 | |
| CC | 69,255 | 73,777 | 78,299 | 82,820 | 87,342 | 91,864 | 96,385 | |
| DD | 72,930 | 77,686 | 82,441 | 87,225 | 91,980 | 96,735 | 101,490 | |
| EE | 77,220 | 82,266 | 87,342 | 92,389 | 97,435 | 102,482 | 107,558 | |
| FF | 82,557 | 87,984 | 93,380 | 98,807 | 104,204 | 109,601 | 115,026 | |
| GG | 89,121 | 94,955 | 100,819 | 106,654 | 112,488 | 118,352 | 124,187 | |
| HH | 97,057 | 103,415 | 109,775 | 116,164 | 122,523 | 128,912 | 135,272 | |
| II | 102,599 | 109,337 | 116,076 | 122,815 | 129,583 | 136,321 | 143,061 | |
| JJ | 108,170 | 115,259 | 122,377 | 129,496 | 136,613 | 143,732 | 150,849 | |
| KK | 110,913 | 118,206 | 125,528 | 132,821 | 140,114 | 147,407 | 154,700 | |
| LL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159,630 | |
| MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165,027 | |
| NN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171,357 | |
| OO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178,738 | |
| PP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187,606 | |
| QQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198,254 | |
(b) The salary ranges in subparagraph (a) shall be for the positions set forth in the following grades:
| AA | Department of health and human services | senior IT asset management specialist |
| AA | Executive council | executive assistant |
| BB | Department of health and human services | executive administrative assistant |
| BB | Department of health and human services | continuity of operations planning specialist |
| BB | Department of justice | consumer protection investigator |
| BB | Department of justice | criminal justice investigator |
| BB | Department of justice | assistant deputy medical examiner |
| CC | Department of revenue administration | multi-state tax auditor |
| CC | Real estate commission | executive director |
| CC | Division of veterans services | director |
| CC | Insurance department | senior insurance fraud investigator |
| CC | Department of justice | deputy chief investigator |
| CC | Department of justice | chief forensic investigator |
| DD | Department of health and human services | assistant bureau chief for child development and head start |
| DD | Department of health and human services | director of minority affairs |
| DD | Department of health and human services, office of the commissioner | executive office manager |
| DD | Department of health and human services | process improvement specialist |
| DD | Department of health and human services | attorney |
| DD | Department of state | assistant secretary of state |
| DD | State treasurer | assistant treasurer |
| DD | Department of health and human services | HIPAA privacy officer |
| DD | Department of natural and cultural resources | mountain manager |
| DD | Department of health and human services | data systems analyst |
| DD | Department of agriculture, markets and food | director |
| DD | Department of justice | chief counsel justice investigator |
| DD | Department of revenue administration | field audit leader |
| DD | Department of revenue administration | field audit team leader |
| DD | Department of revenue administration | manager |
| DD | Department of revenue administration | taxpayer advocate |
| DD | Department of health and human services | program management chief |
| DD | Department of health and human services | business improvement administrator |
| DD | Department of health and human services | estate recovery counsel |
| DD | Insurance department | director of health care analytics |
| DD | Department of administrative services | education and training officer |
| DD | Board of tax and land appeals | board member |
| DD | Board of tax and land appeals | chairman |
| DD | Department of health and human services | general counsel |
| DD | Department of health and human services | business and industry coordinator |
| DD | Department of health and human services | project manager |
| DD | Department of justice | chief forensic investigator |
| DD | Housing appeals board | member |
| DD | Housing appeals board | chair |
| DD | Department of justice | victim/witness specialist |
| DD | Department of business and economic affairs | director of intergovernmental affairs |
| DD | Department of military affairs & veterans services | director, division of community based military programs |
| DD | Department of military affairs & veterans services | director, New Hampshire state veterans cemetery |
| DD | Department of health and human services | staff attorney, division for children youth and services, bureau of general council |
| EE | Department of health and human services, bureau of mental health | assistant director |
| EE | Department of revenue administration | chief of field audits |
| EE | Department of health and human services | internal auditor |
| EE | Department of health and human services | New Hampshire hospital director of compliance |
| EE | Department of health and human services | director of provider relations |
| EE | Highway safety | coordinator |
| EE | Insurance department | compliance and enforcement counsel |
| EE | Insurance department | health reform coordinator |
| EE | Department of health and human services | senior project manager |
| EE | Department of Education | director, division of higher education |
| EE | Department of revenue administration | audit team leaders |
| EE | Department of state | state archivist |
| EE | Department of health and human services | general counsel specialist |
| EE | Department of health and human services | litigation counsel |
| EE | Department of health and human services | senior policy analyst |
| EE | Department of health and human services | administrator of child development bureau |
| EE | Governor's commission on disability | executive director |
| EE | Department of state, director and state | registrar |
| EE | Department of agriculture, markets and foods | assistant state veterinarian |
| EE | Insurance department | communications director |
| EE | Department of natural and cultural resources | director and state historic preservation officer |
| EE | Department of health and human services | process improvement manager |
| EE | Department of health and human services | substance use disorder planning and evaluation manager |
| EE | Department of health and human services | manager, contracts quality and management |
| EE | Department of health and human services | senior attorney |
| FF | New Hampshire port authority | director |
| FF | McAuliffe-Shepard discovery center | director |
| FF | Department of executive administrative services | executive director, bureau of emergency communications |
| FF | Department of health and human services | director of facilities and maintenance |
| FF | Department of transportation | director of aeronautics, rail, and transit |
| FF | Department of justice | director, office of victim/witness advocate |
| FF | Department of revenue administration | assistant director, audit division |
| FF | Department of health and human services | deputy chief counsel |
| FF | Department of health and human services | senior general counsel |
| FF | Department of health and human services | senior project manager |
| FF | Department of health and human services | senior general counsel specialist |
| FF | Department of employment security | counsel |
| FF | Insurance department | property and casualty actuary |
| FF | Insurance department | director of health economics |
| FF | Insurance department | insurance fraud director |
| FF | Public utilities commission | consumer advocate |
| FF | Department of revenue administration | revenue counsel |
| FF | Department of health and human services | director of mental health services |
| FF | Department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families | director of legal services |
| FF | Department of revenue administration | tax policy analyst |
| FF | Department of employment security | insurance fraud investigator |
| FF | Banking department | general counsel |
| FF | Department of health and human services | director of the office of health equity |
| FF | Department of health and human services | director of communications |
| FF | Department of health and human services | senior project manager |
| FF | Department of justice | director of communications |
| FF | Department of health and human services | adult protective services administrator |
| FF | Department of health and human services | bureau chief, drug & alcohol services |
| FF | Department of health and human services | director, Medicaid policy & clinical programs |
| FF | Department of health and human services | supervising regional attorney, division for children, youth, and families, bureau of general council |
| FF | Department of health and human services | deputy director, project management office |
| FF | Adult parole board | director of operations |
| GG | Liquor commission | director of administration |
| GG | Liquor commission | director of finance and audit |
| GG | Liquor commission | director of enforcement and licensing |
| GG | Liquor commission | director of marketing, merchandising, and warehousing |
| GG | Adjutant general | deputy adjutant general |
| GG | Department of education | director, workforce innovation |
| GG | Department of education | director, standards and certification |
| GG | Department of education | director of instruction |
| GG | Department of health and human services | director of developmental services |
| GG | Department of justice | director |
| GG | Department of natural and cultural resources | director, division of parks |
| GG | Department of health and human services | director of legislative affairs |
| GG | Department of corrections | director, division of administration |
| GG | Department of corrections | director of personnel and information |
| GG | Department of corrections | psychiatrist |
| GG | Department of corrections | senior physician |
| GG | Department of environmental services | chief operations officer |
| GG | Department of health and human services | director of child support services |
| GG | Department of employment security | general counsel |
| GG | Department of natural and cultural resources | state librarian |
| GG | Department of business and economic affairs | director of economic development |
| GG | State treasurer | deputy treasurer |
| GG | Banking department | deputy bank commissioner |
| GG | Department of corrections | director, division of field services |
| GG | Department of safety | deputy director of motor vehicles |
| GG | Department of safety | director of information technology |
| GG | Department of safety | chief of policy and planning |
| GG | Police standards and training council | director |
| GG | Department of business and economic affairs | director of travel and tourism |
| GG | Department of natural and cultural resources | director, forests and lands |
| GG | Department of health and human services | director of quality assurance |
| GG | Department of health and human services | director of Medicaid enterprise development |
| GG | Department of state | deputy secretary of state |
| GG | State treasurer | chief deputy treasurer |
| GG | Department of transportation | director of policy and administration |
| GG | Department of information technology | director, user services division |
| GG | Department of information technology | director, user experience division |
| GG | Department of information technology | assistant director of enterprise applications |
| GG | Insurance department | chief financial examiner |
| GG | Department of corrections | warden, New Hampshire correctional facility for women |
| GG | Department of revenue administration | director of collections |
| GG | Department of agriculture, markets, and food | assistant commissioner |
| GG | Department of corrections | deputy director of rehabilitative services |
| GG | Department of corrections | deputy director of medical services |
| GG | Public utilities commission | administrator, site evaluation committee |
| GG | Department of safety | assistant director, division of homeland security and emergency management |
| GG | Department of administrative services | manager of employee relations |
| GG | Department of information technology | assistant director, business relationship management division |
| GG | Department of health and human services | deputy director, division of public health services |
| GG | Department of health and human services | director, project management |
| GG | Department of health and human services | bureau chief of elderly and adult services |
| GG | Department of administrative services | deputy director, risk and benefits |
| GG | Department of corrections | director, professional standards |
| GG | Department of health and human services | information security officer |
| GG | Department of health and human services | deputy director, division of economic and housing stability |
| GG | Department of safety | deputy director, division of administration |
| GG | Department of corrections | adult parole board chairman |
| GG | Department of health and human services | director of contracts and procurement |
| GG | Department of administrative services | deputy director, division of financial data management |
| GG | Department of administrative services | deputy director, division of public works design and construction |
| GG | Department of administrative services | superintendent of buildings and grounds, division of plant and property |
| GG | Department of administrative services | superintendent of court facilities, division of plant and property |
| GG | Department of administrative services | deputy director, division of plant and property |
| GG | Department of administrative services | deputy director, division of personnel |
| GG | Insurance department | general counsel |
| GG | Department of agriculture, markets and food | assistant commissioner |
| GG | Department of state | right-to-know ombudsperson |
| GG | Department of health and human services | director, Sununu youth services center |
| GG | Department of health and human services | chief quality improvement and compliance officer |
| GG | Department of health and human services | contract manager, Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility |
| GG | Department of health and human services | deputy director, information services |
| GG | Department of health and human services | deputy director, division of behavioral health |
| GG | Department of health and human services | deputy chief financial officer, inpatient mental health |
| GG | Department of administrative services | advocate for special education |
| GG | Department of administrative services | chief financial officer |
| GG | Office of professional licensure and certification | director, licensing and board administration |
| GG | Office of professional licensure and certification | director, enforcement division |
| GG | Public utilities commission | senior advisor |
| GG | Department of administrative services | deputy director, division of procurement and support services |
| HH | Department of administrative services | director (comptroller) |
| HH | Department of administrative services | director of information technology management |
| HH | Department of administrative services | director of procurement and support services |
| HH | Department of administrative services | director, division of personnel |
| HH | Department of administrative services | director of enterprise applications management |
| HH | Department of agriculture, markets and food | commissioner |
| HH | Department of corrections | warden, Northern New Hampshire corrections facility |
| HH | Department of environmental services | director |
| HH | Department of health and human services | chief legal counsel |
| HH | Department of information technology | director, business relationship management division |
| HH | Department of revenue administration | director, division of municipal and property |
| HH | Department of revenue administration | director of audit division |
| HH | Department of safety | state fire marshal |
| HH | Department of transportation | director of finance |
| HH | Department of health and human services | director of data analytics and research |
| HH | Department of health and human services | director of bureau of drug and alcohol services |
| HH | Fish and game department | executive director |
| HH | Insurance department | chief property and casualty actuary |
| HH | Insurance department | deputy commissioner |
| HH | Judicial council | executive director |
| HH | Labor department | deputy commissioner |
| HH | Department of health and human services | director, intergovernmental affairs |
| HH | Department of administrative services | director (administrator), division of plant and property management |
| HH | Department of health and human services | director, employee assistance program |
| HH | Liquor commission | deputy commissioner |
| HH | New Hampshire hospital | chief operating officer |
| HH | New Hampshire veterans' home | commandant |
| HH | Public utilities commission | general counsel |
| HH | Public utilities commission | director of safety and security |
| HH | Public utilities commission | executive director |
| HH | Department of information technology | director, infrastructure and operations division |
| HH | Department of administrative services | director of risk and benefits |
| HH | Department of employment security | deputy commissioner |
| HH | Department of revenue administration | director, division of municipal and property |
| HH | Insurance department | director of financial regulation |
| HH | Department of safety | director, division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services |
| HH | Insurance department | chief life, accident and health actuary |
| HH | Department of administrative services, project management, innovation and operational analysis unit | director |
| HH | New Hampshire hospital | chief operating officer |
| HH | Department of information technology | assistant chief information security officer |
| HH | Department of information technology | director, business relationship management division |
| HH | Department of information technology | director, infrastructure and operations division |
| HH | Department of revenue administration | director of taxpayer services |
| HH | Office of the child advocate | director |
| HH | Department of health and human services | executive director, Glencliff home |
| HH | Department of administrative services | director, division of public works, design and construction |
| HH | Department of administrative services | state budget officer |
| HH | Insurance department | property and casualty director |
| HH | Insurance department | life and health director |
| HH | Department of health and human services | compliance officer, Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility |
| HH | Department of health and human services | general counsel, Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility |
| HH | Department of health and human services | deputy director, division of Medicaid services |
| HH | Department of energy | director of regulatory support |
| HH | Department of energy | director of policy and programs |
| HH | Department of energy | director of enforcement |
| HH | Department of energy | director of administration |
| HH | Department of corrections | director of rehabilitative services |
| II | Department of agriculture, markets and food | state veterinarian |
| II | Department of health and human services | Medicaid director |
| II | State treasurer | treasurer |
| II | Adjutant general | adjutant general |
| II | Department of corrections | warden, New Hampshire state prison - men |
| II | Department of safety | director of state police |
| II | Department of safety | director of motor vehicles |
| II | Department of employment security | commissioner |
| II | Banking department | commissioner |
| II | Department of health and human services | director of the division for children, youth and families |
| II | Department of education | deputy commissioner |
| II | Department of transportation | director of project development |
| II | Labor department | commissioner |
| II | Insurance department | insurance commissioner |
| II | Department of environmental services | assistant commissioner |
| II | Department of health and human services | director of public health |
| II | Department of state | secretary of state |
| II | Department of corrections | senior dentist |
| II | Liquor commission | chairman |
| II | Office of professional licensure and certification | executive director |
| II | Department of transportation | director of operations |
| II | Department of safety | director of homeland security and emergency management |
| II | Department of safety | director of division of emergency services and communications |
| II | Lottery commission | executive director |
| II | Department of health and human services | chief financial officer |
| II | Department of health and human services | director of behavioral health |
| II | Department of information technology | chief information security officer |
| II | Department of safety | director of administration |
| II | Department of health and human services | director of economic and housing stability |
| II | Department of health and human services | director of performance evaluation and innovation |
| II | Department of health and human services | chief legal officer |
| II | Department of health and human services | chief financial officer, inpatient mental health |
| II | Department of health and human services | chief operating officer, Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility |
| II | Department of health and human services | chief financial officer, Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility |
| II | Department of information technology | chief technology officer |
| II | Department of energy | deputy commissioner |
| II | Department of health and human services | director, division of long term supports & services |
| II | Department of health and human services | director of information services |
| II | Department of corrections | director of medical and forensic services, unit director-non medical |
| JJ | Department of administrative services | deputy commissioner |
| JJ | Department of health and human services | associate commissioner |
| JJ | Department of health and human services | associate commissioner |
| JJ | Department of health and human services | associate commissioner |
| JJ | Public utilities commission | chairman |
| JJ | Public utilities commission | commissioner |
| JJ | Department of safety | assistant commissioner |
| JJ | Department of justice | deputy attorney general |
| JJ | Department of corrections | assistant commissioner |
| JJ | Department of transportation | deputy commissioner |
| JJ | Department of administrative services | assistant commissioner |
| JJ | Department of revenue administration | assistant commissioner |
| JJ | Department of energy | commissioner |
| JJ | Department of health and human services | chief operations officer |
| KK | Department of education | commissioner |
| KK | Department of health and human services | deputy commissioner |
| KK | Department of health and human services | pharmacist |
| KK | Department of health and human services | pharmacist |
| KK | Department of health and human services | pharmacist |
| KK | Department of health and human services | pharmacist |
| KK | Department of health and human services | pharmacist |
| KK | Department of health and human services | pharmacist |
| KK | Department of information technology | deputy commissioner |
| KK | Department of transportation | assistant commissioner |
| KK | Department of environmental services | commissioner |
| KK | Department of business and economic affairs | commissioner |
| KK | Department of corrections | pharmacist |
| KK | Department of health and human services | pharmaceutical services specialist |
| KK | Department of health and human services | medicaid pharmacy director |
| LL | Department of safety | commissioner |
| LL | Department of transportation | commissioner |
| LL | Department of justice | attorney general |
| LL | Department of administrative services | commissioner |
| LL | Department of corrections | commissioner |
| LL | Department of revenue administration | commissioner |
| LL | Department of information technology | commissioner/CIO |
| MM | Department of health and human services | commissioner |
| MM | Governor | governor |
| NN | Department of justice | deputy chief medical examiner |
| NN | Department of health and human services | chief pharmacist |
| NN | Department of corrections | chief pharmacist |
| PP | Department of health and human services | Medicaid dental director |
| PP | New Hampshire hospital | chief executive officer |
| PP | Department of health and human services | chief executive officer, Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility |
| QQ | Department of justice | chief medical examiner |
(c) For attorney positions in the department of justice, except for the attorney general and deputy attorney general, the following shall apply commencing on July 14, 2023:
| Minimum | Market anchor | Maximum | |
| $60,778 | | $140,802 | |
| Attorney | | $73,264 | | |
| Assistant attorney general | | $99,796 | | |
| Senior assistant attorney general | | $123,208 | | |
| Associate attorney general | | $135,695 | | |
II. The salary wages for the positions set forth below shall be as follows commencing July 12, 2024:
| | Maximum | |
| Governor's councilors | $20,129 | |
| Racing and charitable gaming commissioners | $15,608 | |
| Sweepstakes commission, chairman | $22,697 | |
| Sweepstakes commission, members | $12,778 | |
III. Officials named in this section shall be placed in the corresponding steps in the new salary ranges as their length of service justifies and in accordance with RSA 94:3. Lottery commissioners who are members of a multi-state lottery commission and who are authorized to be compensated for such services shall be compensated in addition to their salary under RSA 94:1-a, II, provided, that such additional salary equals no more than $50 per actual day worked plus reasonable expenses for duties performed as a multi-state lottery commissioner. Racing commissioners, lottery commissioners, and the state entomologist only excepted, any official whose salary upon placement in the new salary range is less than that of a subordinate classified employee shall be placed at the next higher step in range above said classified employee and shall be entitled to any increase provided for herein until the maximum provided herein is reached. However, in the event that the maximum of the unclassified position is less than the salary of said subordinate classified employee, the governor and council is authorized to increase the maximum of the unclassified position in an amount to provide a differential of not more than $1,000.
III-a. [Repealed.]
- IV. Part-Time Unclassified Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all part-time unclassified employees whose annual salary as established in RSA 94:1-a is in excess of $15,000 shall be paid on a per diem basis. For the purpose of this section, the commissioner of administrative services shall determine which unclassified employees are part-time. Said determination shall include, but not be limited to, certifiable daily recordation of such employee's actual presence at his place of work as well as such recordation of annual and sick leave actually taken by said employees. The per diem rate for such employees shall be determined by dividing the number of state working days excluding holidays into the salary established in RSA 94:1-a. Such part-time unclassified employees shall be entitled to such annual leave and sick leave as determined by the director of personnel based on the number of days actually worked. Such part-time unclassified employees shall be entitled to the same fringe benefits as other classified employees.
V.
- (a) Executive councilors may participate at their own expense in a group health and dental insurance arrangement during their tenure in office. Such group health and dental insurance arrangement shall be the state employees group insurance plan afforded full-time state employees.
- (b) Notwithstanding the terms of any state employee group insurance contract or other state law to the contrary, executive councilors who have participated in a group health and dental insurance arrangement during their tenure in office, shall elect, within 30 days after they leave the executive council, either to continue to participate fully in that arrangement for as long as they choose to do so at their own expense, or to discontinue their participation.
- (c) The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall invoice and collect amounts due from executive councilors and former executive council members. Collected amounts shall be deposited in the employee and retiree benefit risk management fund, established in RSA 21-I:30-e.
- (d) Failure to remit payment for participation pursuant to subparagraph (a) in full within 30 days of billing shall be grounds for terminating benefits, effective with the beginning of the billing period. Reenrollment shall be dependent upon payment of outstanding participation or other amounts.
- (e) Failure to remit payment in full for participation pursuant to subparagraph (b) within 60 days of billing shall be grounds for permanently terminating benefits effective upon the beginning of the billing period. Either in the billing notice or in a separate notice to the person billed, the department of administrative services shall advise that failure to pay the specified amount in full within the required time shall be grounds for permanent termination of benefits.
- VI. The commissioner of the department of administrative services is authorized to establish a temporary salary grade and step for an employee in a newly legislatively authorized unclassified position. This temporary classification remains in effect until the final position classification ranking by the state's contractor is determined and approved by the joint committee on employment compensation (JCEC).
Source. 1953, 265:1. RSA 94:1. 1955, 153:2; 321:1; 323:4, 6; 335:8. 1957, 90:1; 223:2; 274:4, 7; 315:2. 1959, 199:4; 268:12. 1961, 166:5; 221:4; 222:5; 223:4; 266:12. 1963, 39:2; 132:2; 209:2; 303:14; 328:17. 1965, 267:7; 365:1. 1967, 95:6; 253:6; 333:2; 379:10; 413:3; 445:1. 1969, 108:2; 453:2; 466:2; 500:11, 12. 1970, 19:3, I, II; 29:8; 38:8, 9; 55:3; 57:3, 4. 1971, 130:3; 325:1; 346:1; 526:2; 541:19. 1972, 36:4; 60:45, 46. 1973, 6:5; 10:4; 182:2; 369:2; 377:5, 6; 400:2; 544:5; 582:3; 594:3. 1974, 40:79; 47:13. 1975, 146:7; 208:4; 239:1; 439:22; 505:11, 28, 29, 48. 1976, 21:1; 44:3. 1977, 365:2; 470:1; 485:5; 488:4; 499:5; 568:2; 600:59, I-III, IV, 114. 1978, 55:4. 1979, 246:2; 256:9; 359:7; 378:45; 388:1; 408:3; 434:60, 86, 102, 115; 471:8; 494:7; 495:4. 1981, 466:6; 568:37, I-III, 60, I, 136, I, 140, I, 163, I. 1982, 42:16, I, 53, 84, 85. 1983, 140:4; 170:2; 379:8; 383:13; 416:5, 52; 419:12; 436:7; 461:15, 18; 469:34-36, 119, II. 1985, 268:42; 337:11; 399:3, I, 23; 402:34; 405:4, 5; 410:9. 1986, 12:9, 10; 116:1, 2; 128:7; 135:4; 141:3; 202:25; 223:11; 231:5, 6, 8, 9. 1987, 124:4; 149:5; 340:2; 380:36, 37; 401:4-6; 406:8-10; 411:10. 1988, 107:5; 232:6; 269:9. 1989, 124:2; 231:4; 240:7, I, II; 246:1; 303:1; 323:7; 330:1, I, II, 2; 362:2; 388:5; 396:6, I-VI, 7, I-VI; 419:3, 4. 1990, 70:1; 73:1; 140:1; 211:2; 235:9; 246:3, 4, I, II. 1991, 173:3; 269:10, 11; 339:3, 4; 346:14, 15; 355:7, I, 11, 13, I, 92, I-V. 1992, 13:7; 165:5; 221:5; 289:4. 1993, 240:1; 321:3, I; 358:10, 22, 32-37, 87. 1994, 158:20; 212:2; 379:3; 385:1-4; 389:16, 17; 410:8. 1995, 10:3; 181:18; 182:1, 2; 190:13; 308:17, 52, 92; 310:42, 43. 1996, 159:4; 210:4; 228:16, 17. 1997, 82:1; 329:15; 351:13, 19, 20, 24-26. 1998, 81:1; 363:3; 385:3, 4; 386:17. 1999, 167:1; 225:10, 24, 29-34; 296:5; 317:5; 345:2, 5. 2000, 166:8, 246:1. 2001, 158:32, 89, 90, 101, 102; 225:3; 237:1, 12; 286:20; 290:7. 2002, 150:1, 2; 257:13. 2003, 319:86, 114, 115, 166. 2004, 97:8; 171:9, 28; 187:9; 257:31. 2005, 177:71-73, 83-88, 103; 218:5; 222:7. 2006, 120:1; 290:1, 6, 13, I, II. 2007, 263:12, 85, 87, 137-145; 361:33, 34. 2008, 25:2, 3; 61:5; 102:1; 361:12; 387:2, 3. 2009, 13:5, I, II; 52:2; 144:70, 107, 189; 222:5. 2010, 119:7; 236:1-8. 2011, 224:128, 197, 237, 322-325, II. 2012, 226:1, I-IV, 2, I, II, 3, I, eff. June 16, 2012. 2013, 144:155, 158, 161, eff. July 12, 2013; 144:156, 159, 162, eff. July 11, 2014; 144:157, 160, 163, eff. Jan. 9, 2015; 247:11, eff. July 24, 2013. 2015, 254:5, eff. Sept. 11, 2015; 274:5, 7, 9, eff. Jan. 8, 2016; 274:6, 8, 10, eff. Jan. 6, 2017; 276:8, eff. July 1, 2015; 276:166-171, eff. Nov. 15, 2015. 2016, 263:1, 2, I, II, eff. Aug. 14, 2016. 2017, 150:1-4, eff. Aug. 15, 2017; 154:4-8, eff. Aug. 15, 2017; 156:38, 47, I-III, 193, eff. July 1, 2017. 2018, 81:7, I, II, eff. May 25, 2018; 140:3, eff. May 30, 2018; 162:9, 11, 13, eff. June 8, 2018; 162:10, 12, 14, eff. Jan. 4, 2019; 200:9, III, eff. July 1, 2018; 233:1, I-V, 2, I-IX, eff. Aug. 7, 2018; 315:10, eff. Aug. 24, 2018; 335:1, I-XI, eff. June 25, 2018. 2019, 157:1, 2, eff. July 1, 2019; 185:1, I-V, eff. July 10, 2019; 273:7, eff. Sept. 17, 2019; 346:25, eff. July 1, 2019; 346:261, eff. July 1, 2020. 2020, 37:66, 67, 79, eff. Sept. 27, 2020. 2021, 91:336, 337 and 340, eff. July 2, 2021; 91:338, 339 and 341, eff. July 1, 2022; 122:3, 4, eff. Sept. 7, 2021; 202:2, Pt. 1, Secs. 1 and 2, eff. Oct. 9, 2021. 2022, 101:1, 2, eff. July 1, 2022; 138:3, eff. Aug. 6, 2022; 146:4, eff. June 7, 2022; 260:1, eff. June 24, 2022; 272:31, eff. June 30, 2022. 2023, 79:176, 177, 180, eff. July 14, 2023; 79:178, 179, eff. July 12, 2024. 2024, 7:2, eff. Apr. 12, 2024; 247:1, 2, eff. Sept. 17, 2024. 2025, 20:1, 2, eff. July 13, 2025; 67:2, 3, eff. Aug. 1, 2025; 101:4, eff. Aug. 16, 2025; 141:72, 313, eff. July 1, 2025.