Construction Managers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,589
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$25,961
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,948
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
$104,550
Kept after tax
$78,589
Worth in national money
$86,948
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Mexico pays construction managers a middle wage of $104,550, 35 of 51 states and about 9.08% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within New Mexico this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, construction managers ranks 55 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $104,550 you keep $78,589 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $86,948 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $115,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Mexico's $104,550 median for construction managers places it 35 of 51 states, about 9.08% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Mexico publishes a median for, construction managers sits 55 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $78,589 after the full tax stack, from $104,550. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $86,948 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $115,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,440 |
| This salary | $104,550 |
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 | $78,589 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,381 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,172 |
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 | $99,160 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,000 |
| 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 construction managers in New Mexico earn under $104,550 and half over. The published range runs $71,830 at the tenth percentile to $167,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $78,589, from $104,550, 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 55 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 $86,948, the adjusted value of that $104,550 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 55 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction managers in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $71,830 to $167,440; 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 $78,589 from $104,550. 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 55 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $86,948 — the adjusted value of that $104,550 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 55 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $115,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $71,830 and the top tenth $167,440 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $86,948.
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, $78,589 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.
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 $115,100. 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 ($71,830) and the ninetieth ($167,440) 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 $86,948 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 $78,589 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.