Education Administrators, All Other in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,191
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$28,919
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,146
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
$113,110
Kept after tax
$84,191
Worth in national money
$93,146
State rank
6
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Mexico's middle earner gets $113,110, putting the state 6 of 49 — about 18.81% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations New Mexico reports, this job comes in at 41 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $113,110 you keep $84,191, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $93,146 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $111,920, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For education administrators, all other, New Mexico sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $113,110, ranking 6 of 49 and running about 18.81% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Education administrators, all other ranks 41 of 485 occupations by median in New Mexico, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for education administrators, all other on $113,110 is $84,191. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $93,146 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 $111,920 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,930 |
| This salary | $113,110 |
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 | $84,191 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,403 |
| 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 | $107,124 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,002 |
| 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 education administrators, all other in New Mexico earn under $113,110 and half over. The published range runs $78,290 at the tenth percentile to $134,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $84,191, from $113,110, 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 41 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $93,146, the adjusted value of that $113,110 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 41 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, all other in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $78,290 to $134,930; 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 $84,191 from $113,110. 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 41 of 485 locally.
- This $93,146 adjusted figure, worked from $113,110, 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 41 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 41 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $78,290 at the bottom tenth to $134,930 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $93,146.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and New Mexico adds its own income tax on top — which is why $84,191 of this wage survives to your account.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($78,290 to $134,930) 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 $93,146 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 $84,191 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.