Athletic Trainers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,553
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$14,887
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,674
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
$72,440
Kept after tax
$57,553
Worth in national money
$63,674
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for athletic trainers is strong here. New Mexico's middle earner gets $72,440, putting the state 5 of 50 — about 15.87% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Athletic trainers ranks 147 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $72,440 you keep $57,553 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $63,674 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $70,060.
- For athletic trainers, New Mexico sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $72,440, ranking 5 of 50 and running about 15.87% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 147 of 485 in New Mexico places athletic trainers 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.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $57,553 after the full tax stack, from $72,440. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $63,674 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $70,060 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Athletic Trainers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,130 |
| This salary | $72,440 |
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 | $57,553 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,792 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,144 |
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 | $69,257 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,962 |
| 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 athletic trainers in New Mexico earn under $72,440 and half over. The published range runs $47,030 at the tenth percentile to $84,130 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $57,553 take-home in New Mexico comes from $72,440. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 147 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Mexico, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,674, the adjusted value of that $72,440 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 147 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for athletic trainers in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,030 to $84,130; 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.
- Retained pay of $57,553, from $72,440, assumes a single New Mexico filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 147 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $63,674 — the adjusted value of that $72,440 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 147 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 $70,060, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,030 at the bottom tenth to $84,130 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $63,674 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Mexico then takes its own share, leaving $57,553.
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 $70,060. 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 ($47,030 to $84,130) 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 $63,674 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 $57,553 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.