Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,503
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$7,357
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,385
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
$43,860
Kept after tax
$36,503
Worth in national money
$40,385
State rank
41
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Mexico is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $43,860, ranking 41 of 48 states — about 7.57% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations New Mexico reports figures for, this is number 352.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,860 you keep $36,503, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,385 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $44,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico ranks 41 of 48 for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers, with a median of $43,860 — about 7.57% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In New Mexico's occupational distribution, coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers sits at 352 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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers on $43,860 is $36,503. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,385 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 $44,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,990 |
| This salary | $43,860 |
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 | $36,503 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,422 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,876 |
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 | $42,717 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,269 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,860 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,670 and the ninetieth is $61,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $36,503 take-home in New Mexico comes from $43,860. 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 352 of 485.
- Two cautions on $40,385, the adjusted value of that $43,860 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 352 of 485 locally.
- The New Mexico median of $43,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,670 to $61,990. 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 $36,503, from $43,860, 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 352 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 48 for it.
- This $40,385 adjusted figure, worked from $43,860, 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 352 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 352 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,670 and the top tenth $61,990, so most people doing this work in New Mexico sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,385.
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 $36,503 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,670 to $61,990) 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 $40,385 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 $36,503 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.