Data Scientists in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,895
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$22,955
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,648
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
$95,850
Kept after tax
$72,895
Worth in national money
$80,648
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Mexico pays data scientists a middle wage of $95,850, 37 of 49 states and about 20.28% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Mexico. It ranks 73 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $95,850 the take-home is $72,895; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $80,648 would nationally. The average lands at $94,160, below the middle of the range.
- New Mexico's $95,850 median for data scientists places it 37 of 49 states, about 20.28% 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.
- Within New Mexico, data scientists ranks 73 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for data scientists in New Mexico, on $95,850, is $72,895 — equivalent to $80,648 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 $94,160 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Data Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,660 |
| This salary | $95,850 |
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 | $72,895 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,260 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,171 |
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 | $91,066 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,999 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,850 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,990 and the ninetieth is $133,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Mexico's $72,895, worked from $95,850. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 73 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,648 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 73.
- The New Mexico median of $95,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,990 to $133,660. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Mexico take-home of $72,895, on $95,850 for work ranking 73 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 73 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,648, worked from $95,850, 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 73 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,990, the highest tenth $133,660, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $80,648 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 $72,895.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,990) and the ninetieth ($133,660) 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 $80,648 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 $72,895 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.