Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,039
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$23,031
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,808
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
$96,070
Kept after tax
$73,039
Worth in national money
$80,808
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Mexico pays this job a middle wage of $96,070, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 22.87% above the national middle.
- Within New Mexico this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 71 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $96,070 the take-home is $73,039; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $80,808 would nationally. The average lands at $92,370, below the middle of the range.
- New Mexico's median for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians is $96,070, about 22.87% above the national figure and 5 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation New Mexico publishes a median for, electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians sits 71 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.
- Post-tax income for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in New Mexico, on $96,070, is $73,039 — equivalent to $80,808 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 $92,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,110 |
| This salary | $96,070 |
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 | $73,039 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,415 |
| 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 | $91,270 |
|---|---|
| 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
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in New Mexico earn under $96,070 and half over. The published range runs $59,940 at the tenth percentile to $124,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Mexico's $73,039, worked from $96,070. 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 71 of 485.
- Two cautions on $80,808, the adjusted value of that $96,070 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 71 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,940 to $124,110; 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.
- The New Mexico take-home of $73,039, on $96,070 for work ranking 71 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 71 of 485 in the state.
- This $80,808 adjusted figure, worked from $96,070, 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 71 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 71 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $92,370, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $59,940 at the tenth percentile, $124,110 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in New Mexico sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $80,808 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $73,039 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 $92,370. 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 ($59,940 to $124,110) 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 $80,808 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 $73,039 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.