Brickmasons and Blockmasons in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,355
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$7,625
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,328
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
$44,980
Kept after tax
$37,355
Worth in national money
$41,328
State rank
49
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for brickmasons and blockmasons is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $44,980. That is 49 of 50 states, and about 27.59% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 339 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,980 you keep $37,355 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,328 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $47,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- For brickmasons and blockmasons, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $44,980, ranking 49 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 27.59%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 339 of 485 in New Mexico places brickmasons and blockmasons 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 $37,355 after the full tax stack, from $44,980. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,328 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,530 |
| This salary | $44,980 |
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 | $37,355 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,321 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,892 |
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 | $43,777 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,289 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,980 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,160 and the ninetieth is $59,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,355 take-home in New Mexico comes from $44,980. 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 339 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,328 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 339.
- The New Mexico median of $44,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,160 to $59,530. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $37,355, from $44,980, 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 339 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 49 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,328, worked from $44,980, 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 339 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 $47,440, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,160 and the top tenth $59,530, so most people doing this work in New Mexico sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $41,328 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 $37,355.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $47,440. 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 ($36,160 to $59,530) 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 $41,328 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 $37,355 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.