---
title: "Average Salary in New Mexico"
description: "Mean $62,330, median $47,210 in New Mexico (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/new-mexico"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in New Mexico

Mean annual wage $62,330, median $47,210 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $51,200 (rank 38 of 51 by that measure; rank 42 nominal).

| Percentile | New Mexico | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $28,760 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $35,260 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $47,210 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $75,030 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $110,070 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 92.2 |
| Housing (rents) | 73.6 |
| Goods | 96.1 |
| Utilities | 77.9 |
| Other services | 98.5 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Architecture and Engineering | $128,000 | 27,170 |
| Management | $108,350 | 50,240 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $99,290 | 20,520 |
| Legal | $88,510 | 6,160 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $86,360 | 52,060 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $80,720 | 10,050 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $77,510 | 45,830 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $63,130 | 53,330 |
| Community and Social Service | $60,010 | 15,360 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $52,950 | 7,650 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $51,270 | 37,650 |
| Protective Service | $49,980 | 26,980 |
| Construction and Extraction | $49,900 | 58,600 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $44,620 | 112,620 |
| Production | $43,880 | 28,920 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $40,690 | 64,730 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $35,720 | 27,710 |
| Personal Care and Service | $35,340 | 14,820 |
| Sales | $35,270 | 69,940 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $34,020 | 3,040 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $30,630 | 82,180 |
| Healthcare Support | $30,270 | 55,410 |

## Most common jobs

- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 28,250 workers
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant): 25,430 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 23,800 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 19,020 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 17,980 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 16,950 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 16,540 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 16,330 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 14,360 workers
- [Server](https://nuecareer.com/careers/server): 12,740 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $327,670 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $228,040 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $215,120 median
- [Computer Hardware Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-hardware-engineer): $165,350 median
- [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist): $165,340 median
- [Nuclear Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nuclear-engineer): $164,300 median
- [Energy Engineer, Except Wind and Solar](https://nuecareer.com/careers/energy-engineer): $162,070 median
- [Electrical Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-engineer): $158,520 median
- [Mechanical Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mechanical-engineer): $157,710 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $155,260 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Computer Hardware Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-hardware-engineer): 12.25x the national share
- [Service Unit Operator, Oil and Gas](https://nuecareer.com/careers/service-unit-operator-oil-and-gas): 10.75x the national share
- [Wellhead Pumper](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wellhead-pumper): 10.49x the national share
- [Oil and Gas Roustabout](https://nuecareer.com/careers/oil-and-gas-roustabout): 8.82x the national share
- [Non-Destructive Testing Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/non-destructive-testing-specialist): 4.13x the national share
- [Detective and Criminal Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/detective-and-criminal-investigator): 3.15x the national share
- [Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/water-and-wastewater-treatment-plant-and-system-operator): 2.93x the national share
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant): 2.66x the national share
- [Energy Engineer, Except Wind and Solar](https://nuecareer.com/careers/energy-engineer): 2.54x the national share
- [Special Education Teacher, Secondary School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-secondary-school): 2.35x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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