[GIS] Projecting to EPSG 4326, WGS 84 Yielding Different Results in QGIS, ArcMap

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I am projecting a shapefile from "NAD 1983 2011 StatePlane New Hampshire FIPS 2800 Ft US" to "EPSG 4326, WGS 84." However, the result output by QGIS seems to differ by about 3.25 feet from the ArcMap output. The QGIS shapefile is also about 20% smaller in file size. I tried the same function in FME and it matches the QGIS output spatially, but has the same file size as the ArcMap output. I tried in Global Mapper and the output is about .001 feet North of what I get with QGIS and FME

Why don't these match up?

Figure below: Blue is ArcGIS and green is QGIS

Original Vertex: (1082696.828, 1021749.922 feet)

QGIS Vertex: (-71.28406755831366581, 45.30234233581942505)

ArcMAP Vertex:(-71.28406837515765915 45.3023515785411135)

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Best Answer

Projecting to EPSG 4326, WGS 84 in ArcMap 10.5 seems to require a transformation. In ArcGIS Pro 1.4 or QGIS 2.18.3, a transformation is not required to project to EPSG 4326, WGS 84. The difference in projecting to EPSG 4326, WGS 84 in ArcGIS Pro vs QGIS seems to be about 1/10,000 of an inch.