Industrial Engineers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,870
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$34,220
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,855
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
$128,090
Kept after tax
$93,870
Worth in national money
$103,855
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for industrial engineers is strong here. New Mexico's middle earner gets $128,090, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 25.04% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations New Mexico reports, industrial engineers comes in at 23 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $128,090 you keep $93,870, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $103,855 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $130,630, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For industrial engineers, New Mexico sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $128,090, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 25.04% 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.
- Industrial engineers ranks 23 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 industrial engineers on $128,090 is $93,870. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $103,855 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 $130,630 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $128,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,490 |
| This salary | $128,090 |
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 | $93,870 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $98,816 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,166 |
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 | $120,881 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,080 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $128,090 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $82,110 and the ninetieth is $168,490 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Mexico's $93,870, worked from $128,090. 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 23 of 485.
- Two cautions on $103,855, the adjusted value of that $128,090 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 23 of 485 locally.
- The New Mexico median of $128,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $82,110 to $168,490. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Mexico take-home of $93,870, on $128,090 for work ranking 23 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 23 of 485 in the state.
- This $103,855 adjusted figure, worked from $128,090, 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 23 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 23 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $82,110 and the top tenth $168,490, so most people doing this work in New Mexico sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $103,855 in national terms.
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 $93,870 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($82,110 to $168,490) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Mexico rather than a national figure.
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 $103,855 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 $93,870 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.