First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,498
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$11,832
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,870
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
$62,330
Kept after tax
$50,498
Worth in national money
$55,870
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Mexico's middle earner gets $62,330, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 11.42% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 196 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,330 the take-home is $50,498; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,870 would nationally. The average comes to $65,850, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of security workers, New Mexico sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,330, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 11.42% 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.
- Position 196 of 485 in New Mexico places first-line supervisors of security 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.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of security workers in New Mexico, on $62,330, is $50,498 — equivalent to $55,870 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 $65,850 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,770 |
| This salary | $62,330 |
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 | $50,498 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,262 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,088 |
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 | $60,135 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,525 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,330 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,780 and the ninetieth is $94,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,498 take-home in New Mexico comes from $62,330. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 196 of 485.
- Two cautions on $55,870, the adjusted value of that $62,330 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 196 of 485 locally.
- The New Mexico median of $62,330 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,780 to $94,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $50,498, from $62,330, assumes a single New Mexico filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 196 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- This $55,870 adjusted figure, worked from $62,330, 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 196 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 196 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 $65,850 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $40,780 and the top tenth $94,770 — 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 $55,870 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 $50,498.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $65,850. 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 ($40,780) and the ninetieth ($94,770) 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 $55,870 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 $50,498 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.