Compliance Officers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,631
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$13,359
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,442
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
$67,990
Kept after tax
$54,631
Worth in national money
$60,442
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for compliance officers is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $67,990. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 15.78% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations New Mexico reports figures for, this is number 157.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $67,990 the take-home is $54,631; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $60,442 would nationally. The average comes to $76,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For compliance officers, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $67,990, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.78%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In New Mexico's occupational distribution, compliance officers sits at 157 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.
- Post-tax income for compliance officers in New Mexico, on $67,990, is $54,631 — equivalent to $60,442 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $76,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Compliance Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,760 |
| This salary | $67,990 |
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 | $54,631 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,661 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,134 |
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 | $65,278 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,948 |
| 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 compliance officers in New Mexico earn under $67,990 and half over. The published range runs $44,550 at the tenth percentile to $120,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $54,631, from $67,990, 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 157 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 $60,442, the adjusted value of that $67,990 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 157 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for compliance officers in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,550 to $120,760; 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 $54,631 from $67,990. 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 157 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $60,442 — the adjusted value of that $67,990 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 157 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 $76,920 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $44,550, the highest tenth $120,760, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $60,442 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 $54,631.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $76,920. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,550) and the ninetieth ($120,760) 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 $60,442 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 $54,631 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.