Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,582
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$11,858
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,962
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
$62,440
Kept after tax
$50,582
Worth in national money
$55,962
State rank
31
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Mexico is 31 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $62,440. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations New Mexico reports figures for, this is number 193.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,440 you keep $50,582, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $55,962 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $65,390, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico ranks 31 of 50 for civil engineering technologists and technicians at $62,440. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In New Mexico's occupational distribution, civil engineering technologists and technicians sits at 193 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for civil engineering technologists and technicians on $62,440 is $50,582. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $55,962 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 $65,390 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,240 |
| This salary | $62,440 |
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 | $50,582 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,351 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,089 |
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 | $60,238 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,527 |
| 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 civil engineering technologists and technicians in New Mexico earn under $62,440 and half over. The published range runs $47,380 at the tenth percentile to $86,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $50,582, from $62,440, 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 193 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 $55,962, the adjusted value of that $62,440 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 193 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for civil engineering technologists and technicians in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,380 to $86,240; 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 $50,582 from $62,440. 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 193 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $55,962 — the adjusted value of that $62,440 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 193 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $65,390 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,380 at the bottom tenth to $86,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $55,962.
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 $50,582 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 $65,390. 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 ($47,380 to $86,240) 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 $55,962 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 $50,582 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.