First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,907
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$16,643
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,386
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
$77,550
Kept after tax
$60,907
Worth in national money
$67,386
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Mexico pays this job a middle wage of $77,550, 35 of 51 states and about 2.89% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations New Mexico reports figures for, this is number 124.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,550 you keep $60,907, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,386 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $81,320, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico's $77,550 median for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers places it 35 of 51 states, about 2.89% 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.
- In New Mexico's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers sits at 124 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers on $77,550 is $60,907. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,386 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 $81,320 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,750 |
| This salary | $77,550 |
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 | $60,907 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,386 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,157 |
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 | $74,026 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,979 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Mexico earn less than $77,550. The published range is $44,970 up to $127,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Mexico's $60,907, worked from $77,550. 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 124 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,386 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 124.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,970 to $127,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Mexico take-home of $60,907, on $77,550 for work ranking 124 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 124 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,386, worked from $77,550, 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 124 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $81,320, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $44,970, the highest tenth $127,750, 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 $67,386.
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, $60,907 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $81,320. 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 ($44,970) and the ninetieth ($127,750) 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 $67,386 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 $60,907 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.