Administrative Services Managers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,746
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$26,044
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,122
New Mexico costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Mexico — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$104,790
Kept after tax
$78,746
Worth in national money
$87,122
State rank
37
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Mexico pays this job a middle wage of $104,790, 37 of 50 states and about 8.18% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations New Mexico reports, this job comes in at 54 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $104,790 the take-home is $78,746; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $87,122 would nationally. The average comes to $112,370, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Mexico's $104,790 median for administrative services managers places it 37 of 50 states, about 8.18% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Administrative services managers ranks 54 of 485 occupations by median in New Mexico, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for administrative services managers in New Mexico, on $104,790, is $78,746 — equivalent to $87,122 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $112,370 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,870 |
| This salary | $104,790 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New Mexico | $78,746 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,550 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,172 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $99,383 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,001 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Mexico earn less than $104,790. The published range is $66,120 up to $173,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Mexico's $78,746, worked from $104,790. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 54 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $87,122 uses one figure for the whole of New Mexico. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 54.
- Reported values are medians; for administrative services managers in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,120 to $173,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Mexico take-home of $78,746, on $104,790 for work ranking 54 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 54 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $87,122, worked from $104,790, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Mexico address, on work sitting at 54 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $112,370, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $66,120, the highest tenth $173,870, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in New Mexico sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $87,122 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and New Mexico adds its own income tax on top — which is why $78,746 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New Mexico is $112,370. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,120) and the ninetieth ($173,870) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
New Mexico's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $87,122 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $78,746 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Mexico income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.