Industrial Production Managers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,700
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$32,970
26.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$101,454
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
$124,670
Kept after tax
$91,700
Worth in national money
$101,454
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Mexico is 22 of 50 states for industrial production managers, with a middle wage of $124,670. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Mexico. It ranks 27 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 $124,670 you keep $91,700, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $101,454 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $138,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico ranks 22 of 50 for industrial production managers at $124,670. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within New Mexico, industrial production managers ranks 27 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 industrial production managers on $124,670 is $91,700. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $101,454 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 $138,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Production Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $216,390 |
| This salary | $124,670 |
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 | $91,700 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,478 |
| 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 | $117,797 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,087 |
| 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 industrial production managers in New Mexico earn under $124,670 and half over. The published range runs $74,910 at the tenth percentile to $216,390 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Mexico's $91,700, worked from $124,670. 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 27 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 $101,454, the adjusted value of that $124,670 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 27 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial production managers in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $74,910 to $216,390; 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.
- The New Mexico take-home of $91,700, on $124,670 for work ranking 27 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 27 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $101,454 — the adjusted value of that $124,670 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 27 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $138,740, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $74,910, the highest tenth $216,390, 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 $101,454 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $91,700 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $138,740. 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 ($74,910) and the ninetieth ($216,390) 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 $101,454 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 $91,700 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.