Live in New Hampshire, Work in Wisconsin: Which State Taxes Your Paycheck?
Answer
Only Wisconsin taxes you. Wisconsin withholds from wages earned inside the state and you file a Wisconsin nonresident return. New Hampshire levies no personal income tax on wages, so there is no resident return on the other side — and no credit, because there is no New Hampshire tax to offset.
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Living in a state with no income tax removes the resident return, but it does not shelter income you earn somewhere else. Wisconsin taxes what is earned inside Wisconsin, whoever earns it, and a nonresident return is how that gets settled.
What you file
- 1Nonresident return · WisconsinForm 1NPR
File a Wisconsin nonresident return for the wages you earned in Wisconsin. New Hampshire has no wage income tax, so there is no second return and no credit to claim.
The two states, side by side
| New Hampshire | Wisconsin | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | 4 (Form W-220) |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form 1NPR |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule OS |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | Dollar floor published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration | Wisconsin Department of Revenue |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Wisconsin and working in New Hampshire gives:Home state only.
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.
- Remote worker: New Hampshire → WisconsinNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: New Hampshire → WisconsinClient state only, if you work there
- Moved mid-year: New Hampshire → WisconsinOne part-year return — the state you moved to
Other New Hampshire pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in New Hampshire and work in Wisconsin. Which state takes the tax out of my paycheck?
Only Wisconsin taxes you. Wisconsin withholds from wages earned inside the state and you file a Wisconsin nonresident return. New Hampshire levies no personal income tax on wages, so there is no resident return on the other side — and no credit, because there is no New Hampshire tax to offset.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Wisconsin. The wages are sourced to Wisconsin, so Wisconsin withholding is correct and there is no New Hampshire withholding to set up, because New Hampshire levies no income tax on wages.
How current is this?
The New Hampshire and Wisconsin rules on this page were last checked against New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration and Wisconsin 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
- Wisconsin Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07