Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,783
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$33,018
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$101,545
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
$124,800
Kept after tax
$91,783
Worth in national money
$101,545
State rank
3
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Mexico pays this job a middle wage of $124,800, ranking 3 of 48 states and sitting about 24.08% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations New Mexico reports, this job comes in at 26 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $124,800 you keep $91,783 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $101,545 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $122,330.
- New Mexico's median for clinical and counseling psychologists is $124,800, about 24.08% above the national figure and 3 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Clinical and counseling psychologists ranks 26 of 485 occupations by median in New Mexico, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $91,783 after the full tax stack, from $124,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $101,545 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $122,330 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,520 |
| This salary | $124,800 |
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 | $91,783 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,567 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,171 |
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 | $117,914 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,086 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Mexico earn less than $124,800. The published range is $54,080 up to $169,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $91,783 take-home in New Mexico comes from $124,800. 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 26 of 485.
- Two cautions on $101,545, the adjusted value of that $124,800 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Mexico. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 26 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for clinical and counseling psychologists in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,080 to $169,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $91,783, from $124,800, 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 26 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 48 for it.
- This $101,545 adjusted figure, worked from $124,800, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 26 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 26 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $54,080 at the bottom tenth to $169,520 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $101,545.
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 $91,783 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($54,080) and the ninetieth ($169,520) 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 $101,545 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 $91,783 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.