Database Architects in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,359
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$30,591
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$96,651
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
$117,950
Kept after tax
$87,359
Worth in national money
$96,651
State rank
37
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for database architects is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $117,950. That is 37 of 46 states, and about 15.45% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Mexico. It ranks 37 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $117,950 you keep $87,359, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $96,651 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $122,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For database architects, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $117,950, ranking 37 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 15.45%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within New Mexico, database architects ranks 37 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.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for database architects on $117,950 is $87,359. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $96,651 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $122,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,440 |
| This salary | $117,950 |
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 | $87,359 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,808 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,174 |
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 | $111,626 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,004 |
| 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 database architects in New Mexico earn under $117,950 and half over. The published range runs $70,870 at the tenth percentile to $165,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $87,359, from $117,950, 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 37 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 $96,651, the adjusted value of that $117,950 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 37 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for database architects in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $70,870 to $165,440; 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 $87,359 from $117,950. 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 37 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $96,651 — the adjusted value of that $117,950 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 37 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 $122,200 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 $70,870, the highest tenth $165,440, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $96,651.
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, $87,359 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $122,200. 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 ($70,870) and the ninetieth ($165,440) 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 $96,651 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 $87,359 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.