Loan Interviewers and Clerks in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,206
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$7,894
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,270
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
$46,100
Kept after tax
$38,206
Worth in national money
$42,270
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for loan interviewers and clerks is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $46,100. That is 46 of 51 states, and about 7.84% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Loan interviewers and clerks ranks 324 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,100 you keep $38,206 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,270 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- For loan interviewers and clerks, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $46,100, ranking 46 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.84%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 324 of 485 in New Mexico places loan interviewers and clerks 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.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $38,206 after the full tax stack, from $46,100. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,270 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,980 |
| This salary | $46,100 |
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 | $38,206 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,221 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,909 |
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 | $44,837 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,308 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,100 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,950 and the ninetieth is $71,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,206 take-home in New Mexico comes from $46,100. 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 324 of 485.
- Two cautions on $42,270, the adjusted value of that $46,100 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 324 of 485 locally.
- The New Mexico median of $46,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,950 to $71,980. 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 $38,206, from $46,100, 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 324 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- This $42,270 adjusted figure, worked from $46,100, 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 324 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 324 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 $48,390 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 $34,950 at the bottom tenth to $71,980 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 $42,270.
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, $38,206 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $48,390. 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 ($34,950) and the ninetieth ($71,980) 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 $42,270 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 $38,206 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.