General and Operations Managers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,714
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$23,916
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,661
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
$98,630
Kept after tax
$74,714
Worth in national money
$82,661
State rank
37
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 $98,630, 37 of 51 states and about 6.75% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Mexico. It ranks 65 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $98,630 you keep $74,714, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,661 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $118,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico's $98,630 median for general and operations managers places it 37 of 51 states, about 6.75% 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.
- Within New Mexico, general and operations managers ranks 65 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for general and operations managers on $98,630 is $74,714. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,661 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 $118,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $214,590 |
| This salary | $98,630 |
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 | $74,714 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,216 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,171 |
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 | $93,652 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,999 |
| 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 general and operations managers in New Mexico earn under $98,630 and half over. The published range runs $47,710 at the tenth percentile to $214,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $74,714, from $98,630, 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 65 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 $82,661 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 65.
- Figures are distribution medians for general and operations managers in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,710 to $214,590; 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 $74,714 from $98,630. 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 65 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,661, worked from $98,630, 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 65 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $118,750, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,710, the highest tenth $214,590, 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 $82,661 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 $74,714 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 $118,750. 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 ($47,710) and the ninetieth ($214,590) 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 $82,661 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 $74,714 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.