UNH 2025 Offseason: Where in the World is MS7?

[Jellsville USA]

I remain fascinated by all the posters that view $240K or $270K as being rich. It's simply amazing. New Hampshire really is a cross between Central Massachusetts and Mississippi. It's a good salary but not that good relative to comparable institutions. East of Rte 128 in Massachusetts, it doesn't position a person to purchase a home that doesn't need a complete renovation or rebuild.

Only 7% of American households earn $250,000 or more.

 

[Chuck Murray]

I remain fascinated by all the posters that view $240K or $270K as being rich. It's simply amazing. New Hampshire really is a cross between Central Massachusetts and Mississippi. It's a good salary but not that good relative to comparable institutions. East of Rte 128 in Massachusetts, it doesn't position a person to purchase a home that doesn't need a complete renovation or rebuild.

Oops ... not for the first time, and undoubtedly not for the final time, our elitist blowhard Ma$$hole friend has gotten caught overplaying his hand ...

Median Household Income by State 2025

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Highest Median Household Income (by State)

(1) Maryland
(2) Washington DC
(3) New Hampshire

New Hampshire’s median household income is $88,235, making it the third-highest in the United States. New Hampshire has the highest economic security of any state and boasts the lowest poverty rate in the country at 5.3%. Additionally, New Hampshire has one of the lowest unemployment rates among states at 2.3%. Educational attainment in the state is also high, with 94.1% of residents having a high school diploma and 40.2% having a bachelor’s degree or higher. New Hampshire’s top industries are manufacturing, healthcare, and tourism.

(4) Massachusetts

Massachusetts has the fourth-highest median household income at $86,725. Massachusetts is the most educated state in the U.S., with the highest percentage of Bachelor’s degree holders and graduate and professional degree holders. Dover has the highest median household income in Massachusetts, at over $250,000 annually. Despite this wealth, the state maintains relatively high poverty and unemployment rates

(5) New Jersey
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(50) Mississippi


Also ... I never described folks earning "$240K or $270K" as being rich, as usual, that's just you straining in vain to advance another poorly supported thesis. Let's cut to the chase and call a spade a spade ... $240,000 annually may not make you rich, but if you're someone who spent the early part of your adult years chasing around the minor leagues and Europe in an unsuccessful attempt at making big bucks in The Show, then followed that up with modest wages schlepping around the Northeast as an assistant D-1 coach, and finally "hit paydirt" at the $240,000 per annum level, where you have proven to be the living breathing example of The Peter Principle, that $240K figure has gotta look pretty durned good, especially for a phys ed major who hasn't exactly displayed an outward ability to sell a product - not even his own D-1 hockey program - to buyers where the competition for his services are greatly diluted. The only way the subject of our discussion is gonna beat that threshold in the open market is if one of his "sugar daddies" has an opening for an overpaid security director.

It's not a hard point to understand, really. But you swing and miss, continually, nevertheless. Figuring that his charm has now finally gotten him over the 10 year threshold for a USNH pension etc. he's at least smart enough to know this is likely the best he's ever gonna do, and with his kids now of age to make their own way in the world soon, a lot of the pressure is off our hero. Even if he were to become an NHL scout in the future - and I know of no connections he's got to enter into that world with a chance - it would take the rest of his working years to even approach the money he is now making at UNH.

I would be very interested in getting your detailed vocational analysis on the myriad of high paying jobs available inside Route 128 to a 47 year old phys ed major with no employment history in the private sector to date. Being a teacher's assistant to Senator Pocahontas at Harvard doesn't count ...

 

[Chuck Murray]

Perhaps you should compare his situation with other UNH faculty and administrators. The State of NH does not prioritize higher education. The entire institution suffers. Any future head hockey coach likely will run into a similar situation

The institution is doing just fine, and if a D-1 head coach shows an ability to fill a building regularly with a winning team that earns some post-season revenue, they too can earn at least twice as much, if not more, than the current batch of .500 or below HC's. Just like Coach Umile did, starting a full generation ago.

As shown in the prior post, the State of NH is doing just fine educationally (and economically), it seems the folks in Concord have struck a pretty good balance in their "priorities". We know we have you city slickers licked when it comes to quality of life issues, and without the 5%+ state income tax, educators in this state are not exactly leaving the state in droves - if at all - for the lure of bigger bucks, more crime, more traffic, and (yes) much more taxes, in your Blue heaven.

 

[Chuck Murray]

Only 7% of American households earn $250,000 or more.

potty is an elitist snob, how shocking (not ) that his take on reality hasn't got the slightest mooring in the reality that 93% of the country exists in.