Average salary in New Mexico: $62,330 a year
The mean annual wage across every job BLS counts in New Mexico, with the median, the pay spread, the job groups and the occupations behind it.
The average salary in New Mexico is $62,330 a year ($29.96 an hour): that is the mean annual wage across 870,970 jobs in the BLS May 2025 survey. The median is $47,210 ($22.70 an hour), so half of those jobs paid less and half paid more. The mean sits above the median because a smaller number of very high wages pulls it up.
How New Mexico compares with the United States
New Mexico's mean salary is $7,440 (10.7%) below the U.S. figure of $69,770; its median is $3,770 (7.4%) below the U.S. figure of $50,980. Among the 50 states and DC, New Mexico ranks 33rd by mean salary and 42nd by median salary (1 = highest; calculated from the BLS figures).
| Measure | New Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Mean (average) salary | $62,330 | $69,770 |
| Median salary | $47,210 | $50,980 |
| Mean hourly wage | $29.96 | $33.54 |
| Median hourly wage | $22.70 | $24.51 |
| Jobs counted | 870,970 | 155,495,730 |
Prices matter as much as pay. BEA's regional price parity for New Mexico in 2024 is 92.2, where the United States = 100: overall prices there were about 7.8% below the national price level. A salary goes further where the index is lower.
What jobs in New Mexico pay, from low to high
One job in ten in New Mexico paid less than $28,760 a year, and one in ten paid more than $110,070. A quarter paid less than $35,260; a quarter paid more than $75,030.
| Area | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | $28,760 | $35,260 | $47,210 | $75,030 | $110,070 |
| United States | $31,200 | $37,590 | $50,980 | $80,520 | $128,560 |
Pay by job group in New Mexico
The largest group in New Mexico is office and administrative support, with 112,620 jobs (13% of the total, calculated). The best-paid group by median is architecture and engineering ($128,000); the lowest-paid is healthcare support ($30,270). Where BLS does not release a figure, the table says so.
| Job group | Jobs | Median salary | Mean (average) salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office and Administrative Support | 112,620 | $44,620 | $47,230 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | 82,180 | $30,630 | $35,390 |
| Sales and Related | 69,940 | $35,270 | $44,720 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | 64,730 | $40,690 | $45,870 |
| Construction and Extraction | 58,600 | $49,900 | $56,240 |
| Healthcare Support | 55,410 | $30,270 | $34,150 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | 53,330 | $63,130 | $66,150 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | 52,060 | $86,360 | $103,260 |
| Management | 50,240 | $108,350 | $124,700 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 45,830 | $77,510 | $85,720 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | 37,650 | $51,270 | $57,860 |
| Production | 28,920 | $43,880 | $51,460 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | 27,710 | $35,720 | $37,160 |
| Architecture and Engineering | 27,170 | $128,000 | $130,890 |
| Protective Service | 26,980 | $49,980 | $56,780 |
| Computer and Mathematical | 20,520 | $99,290 | $105,350 |
| Community and Social Service | 15,360 | $60,010 | $64,360 |
| Personal Care and Service | 14,820 | $35,340 | $37,630 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | 10,050 | $80,720 | $91,330 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | 7,650 | $52,950 | $62,920 |
| Legal | 6,160 | $88,510 | $109,100 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 3,040 | $34,020 | $36,490 |
The occupations with the most jobs in New Mexico
10 of the 12 largest occupations in New Mexico with a published annual median paid a median below the all-jobs median of $47,210 (calculated from the BLS figures).
| Occupation | Jobs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 38,910 | $28,520 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 28,250 | $28,700 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 25,430 | $46,450 |
| Retail Salespersons | 23,800 | $33,300 |
| Cashiers | 19,020 | $30,120 |
| Registered Nurses | 17,980 | $94,340 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 16,950 | $39,030 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 16,540 | $35,830 |
| General and Operations Managers | 16,330 | $98,630 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 14,360 | $36,020 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | 12,740 | $36,920 |
| Construction Laborers | 12,470 | $38,400 |
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How this page is built
Every pay figure is a BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimate for all occupations in New Mexico (occupation code 00-0000), copied from BLS's data file; the job-group and occupation rows come from the same file. The average is BLS's mean wage (total wages divided by jobs); the median is the wage in the middle. OEWS wages are straight-time gross pay: they include commissions, tips, production bonuses and cost-of-living allowances, and leave out overtime premiums, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and benefits. BLS turns hourly wages into annual ones at 2,080 hours (40 hours for 52 weeks). Ranks, differences and shares are TryHired calculations from the BLS figures. Price levels are BEA Regional Price Parities.
- Household income: this page reports pay per job, not household or family income, which the Census Bureau measures differently.
- Starting pay: the figures include experienced workers. Entry-level pay is usually lower.
- Take-home pay: every figure is before taxes and deductions.
- Self-employment and farm work: not covered by OEWS (see the FAQ).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates: national, state and metropolitan-area data files (public domain).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS technical notes: what the survey counts as wages and jobs.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024 (released Feb 19, 2026).