Audio and Video Technicians in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,944
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$8,126
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,086
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
$47,070
Kept after tax
$38,944
Worth in national money
$43,086
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for audio and video technicians is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $47,070. That is 42 of 49 states, and about 18.98% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in New Mexico, this sits in the middle: 311 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,070 the take-home is $38,944; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,086 would nationally. The average lands at $45,770, below the middle of the range.
- For audio and video technicians, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $47,070, ranking 42 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 18.98%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Audio and video technicians ranks 311 of 485 occupations in New Mexico by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for audio and video technicians in New Mexico, on $47,070, is $38,944 — equivalent to $43,086 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 $45,770 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Audio and Video Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,090 |
| This salary | $47,070 |
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 | $38,944 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,001 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,923 |
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 | $45,755 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,325 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,070 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $26,260 and the ninetieth is $62,090 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $38,944, from $47,070, 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 311 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Mexico, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,086, the adjusted value of that $47,070 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 311 of 485 in the state.
- The New Mexico median of $47,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $26,260 to $62,090. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,944 from $47,070. 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 311 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $43,086 — the adjusted value of that $47,070 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 311 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $26,260, the highest tenth $62,090, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. New Mexico is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,086 in national terms.
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 $38,944 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($26,260) and the ninetieth ($62,090) 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 $43,086 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 $38,944 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.