Live in New Hampshire, Work Remotely for a Washington Employer: Who Taxes You?
Answer
No state income tax applies at all. Washington does not tax wages and neither does New Hampshire, which makes this one of the small number of state pairs where the whole question disappears: no withholding, no nonresident return, no resident return, no credit to claim.
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Nine states levy no personal income tax on wages, and both ends of this commute are among them. That makes New Hampshire to Washington one of the few pairings where the usual questions — who withholds, which return comes first, whether a credit covers the gap — simply do not arise.
What you file
There is nothing to file in either New Hampshire or Washington on these wages. Your federal return is unaffected — the federal government taxes the income whatever the states do.
The two states, side by side
| New Hampshire | Washington | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration | Washington State Department of Revenue |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Washington and working in New Hampshire gives:No state income tax either side.
Same two states, different situation
The withholding answer turns on how you are paid and where the work happens, not only on which two states are involved.
- W-2 commuter: New Hampshire → WashingtonNo state income tax either side
- 1099 contractor: New Hampshire → WashingtonNo state income tax either side
- Moved mid-year: New Hampshire → WashingtonNo state return either side
Other New Hampshire pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in New Hampshire and work remotely for a Washington employer. Which state do I pay?
No state income tax applies at all. Washington does not tax wages and neither does New Hampshire, which makes this one of the small number of state pairs where the whole question disappears: no withholding, no nonresident return, no resident return, no credit to claim.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Neither. There is no state income tax to withhold on either side of this pairing, so a state line on your pay stub for New Hampshire or Washington is an error worth querying.
How current is this?
The New Hampshire and Washington rules on this page were last checked against New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration and Washington State Department of Revenue on 2026-08-07. We re-check the full grid every December after state legislative sessions close, and re-check the convenience-of-the-employer states quarterly because that is where the rules move fastest.
Sources
Every fact above comes from the revenue department that publishes the rule. We do not cite secondary summaries, and we do not restate a figure we could not find at source.
- New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Washington State Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07