Aircraft Service Attendants in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,583
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$7,697
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,580
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
$45,280
Kept after tax
$37,583
Worth in national money
$41,580
State rank
13
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Mexico is one of the better-paying states for aircraft service attendants. The middle earner takes $45,280, which ranks 13 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 11.94% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Aircraft service attendants ranks 337 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,280 you keep $37,583, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,580 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,280, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico ranks 13 of 46 states publishing a median for aircraft service attendants, at $45,280 — about 11.94% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 337 of 485 in New Mexico places aircraft service attendants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for aircraft service attendants on $45,280 is $37,583. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,580 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $47,280 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,580 |
| This salary | $45,280 |
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 | $37,583 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,562 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,897 |
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 | $44,061 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,294 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft service attendants in New Mexico earn under $45,280 and half over. The published range runs $36,120 at the tenth percentile to $62,580 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $37,583, from $45,280, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 337 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,580 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 337.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft service attendants in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,120 to $62,580; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,583 from $45,280. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 337 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,580, worked from $45,280, 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 337 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 $47,280, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,120 at the tenth percentile, $62,580 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,580 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 $37,583 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 $47,280. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,120 to $62,580) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Mexico rather than a national figure.
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 $41,580 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 $37,583 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.