Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,347
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$7,623
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,319
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
$44,970
Kept after tax
$37,347
Worth in national money
$41,319
State rank
47
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Mexico pays this job a middle wage of $44,970, 47 of 48 states and about 11.28% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 340 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,970 you keep $37,347 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,319 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $45,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Mexico's $44,970 median for computer numerically controlled tool operators places it 47 of 48 states, about 11.28% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 340 of 485 in New Mexico places computer numerically controlled tool operators in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $37,347 after the full tax stack, from $44,970. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,319 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,670 |
| This salary | $44,970 |
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 | $37,347 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,313 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,892 |
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 | $43,767 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,288 |
| 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 $44,970. The published range is $32,560 up to $61,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $37,347, from $44,970, 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 340 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,319, the adjusted value of that $44,970 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 340 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer numerically controlled tool operators in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,560 to $61,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,347 from $44,970. 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 340 of 485 locally.
- This $41,319 adjusted figure, worked from $44,970, 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 340 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 340 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $32,560 and the top tenth $61,670, so most people doing this work in New Mexico sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $41,319 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 $37,347.
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 ($32,560 to $61,670) 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 $41,319 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 $37,347 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.