First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,488
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$8,612
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,794
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
$49,100
Kept after tax
$40,488
Worth in national money
$44,794
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Mexico sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $49,100, ranking 21 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 286 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $49,100 you keep $40,488 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,794 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,550, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Mexico occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of personal service workers: a median of $49,100, ranking 21 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 286 of 485 in New Mexico places first-line supervisors of personal service workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $40,488 after the full tax stack, from $49,100. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,794 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,550 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,450 |
| This salary | $49,100 |
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 | $40,488 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,632 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,952 |
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 | $47,676 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,361 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of personal service workers in New Mexico earn under $49,100 and half over. The published range runs $33,800 at the tenth percentile to $75,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $40,488, from $49,100, 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 286 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,794 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 286.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,800 to $75,450; 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 $40,488 from $49,100. 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 286 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,794, worked from $49,100, 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 286 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $33,800 and the top tenth $75,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $44,794 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 $40,488.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($33,800) and the ninetieth ($75,450) 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 $44,794 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 $40,488 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.