Data Entry Keyers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,027
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$8,783
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,391
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
$49,810
Kept after tax
$41,027
Worth in national money
$45,391
State rank
2
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Mexico pays data entry keyers a middle wage of $49,810, ranking 2 of 49 states and sitting about 20.49% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New Mexico, this sits in the middle: 277 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $49,810 you keep $41,027 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $45,391 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $47,740.
- New Mexico's median for data entry keyers is $49,810, about 20.49% above the national figure and 2 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Data entry keyers ranks 277 of 485 occupations in New Mexico by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $41,027 after the full tax stack, from $49,810. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,391 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,740 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,410 |
| This salary | $49,810 |
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 | $41,027 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,202 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,962 |
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 | $48,347 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,372 |
| 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 data entry keyers in New Mexico earn under $49,810 and half over. The published range runs $35,990 at the tenth percentile to $53,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $41,027, from $49,810, 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 277 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,391 uses one figure for the whole of New Mexico. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 277.
- Figures are distribution medians for data entry keyers in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,990 to $53,410; 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 $41,027 from $49,810. 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 277 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,391, worked from $49,810, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Mexico address, on work sitting at 277 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 $47,740 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,990 at the bottom tenth to $53,410 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. New Mexico is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $45,391 in national terms.
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 $41,027.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $47,740. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,990 to $53,410) 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 $45,391 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 $41,027 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.