Fundraising Managers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,710
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$24,970
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,870
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
$101,680
Kept after tax
$76,710
Worth in national money
$84,870
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Mexico pays fundraising managers a middle wage of $101,680, 36 of 48 states and about 18.96% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations New Mexico reports, fundraising managers comes in at 58 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $101,680 you keep $76,710, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $84,870 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $119,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico's $101,680 median for fundraising managers places it 36 of 48 states, about 18.96% 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.
- Fundraising managers ranks 58 of 485 occupations by median in New Mexico, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for fundraising managers on $101,680 is $76,710. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $84,870 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 $119,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Fundraising Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $171,900 |
| This salary | $101,680 |
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 | $76,710 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,362 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,172 |
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 | $96,490 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,000 |
| 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 $101,680. The published range is $48,280 up to $171,900, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $76,710, from $101,680, 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 58 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 $84,870 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 58.
- Reported values are medians; for fundraising managers in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,280 to $171,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $76,710 from $101,680. 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 58 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $84,870, worked from $101,680, 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 58 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 $119,270 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,280 at the bottom tenth to $171,900 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $84,870.
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, $76,710 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $119,270. 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 ($48,280) and the ninetieth ($171,900) 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 $84,870 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 $76,710 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.