First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,246
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$12,394
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,803
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
$64,640
Kept after tax
$52,246
Worth in national money
$57,803
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Mexico is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $64,640, ranking 49 of 51 states — about 13.18% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in New Mexico, this sits in the middle: 177 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $64,640 you keep $52,246 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $57,803 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $74,660, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Mexico ranks 49 of 51 for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers, with a median of $64,640 — about 13.18% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- First-line supervisors of production and operating workers ranks 177 of 485 occupations in New Mexico by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $52,246 after the full tax stack, from $64,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,803 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $74,660 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,870 |
| This salary | $64,640 |
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 | $52,246 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,118 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,112 |
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 | $62,310 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,652 |
| 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 $64,640. The published range is $41,600 up to $126,870, 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 $52,246, worked from $64,640. 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 177 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Mexico, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,803, the adjusted value of that $64,640 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 177 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,600 to $126,870. 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 $52,246, on $64,640 for work ranking 177 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 177 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $57,803 — the adjusted value of that $64,640 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 177 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 $74,660 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 $41,600, the highest tenth $126,870, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $57,803 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $52,246 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $74,660. 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 ($41,600) and the ninetieth ($126,870) 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 $57,803 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 $52,246 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.