Community Health Workers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,825
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$10,005
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,592
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
$54,830
Kept after tax
$44,825
Worth in national money
$49,592
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Mexico pays community health workers a middle wage of $54,830, ranking 14 of 51 states and sitting about 5.75% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations New Mexico reports figures for, this is number 244.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $54,830 you keep $44,825, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $49,592 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $56,180, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico's median for community health workers is $54,830, about 5.75% above the national figure and 14 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In New Mexico's occupational distribution, community health workers sits at 244 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 community health workers on $54,830 is $44,825. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $49,592 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 $56,180 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Community Health Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,110 |
| This salary | $54,830 |
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 | $44,825 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,236 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,012 |
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 | $53,074 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,434 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,830 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,210 and the ninetieth is $73,110 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $44,825 take-home in New Mexico comes from $54,830. 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 244 of 485.
- Two cautions on $49,592, the adjusted value of that $54,830 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 244 of 485 locally.
- The New Mexico median of $54,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,210 to $73,110. 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 $44,825, from $54,830, 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 244 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- This $49,592 adjusted figure, worked from $54,830, 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 244 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 244 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,210 at the bottom tenth to $73,110 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $49,592 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Mexico's own levy, $44,825 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,210 to $73,110) 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 $49,592 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 $44,825 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.