Machinists in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,312
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$11,128
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,451
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
$59,440
Kept after tax
$48,312
Worth in national money
$53,451
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Mexico pays machinists around $59,440 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations New Mexico reports figures for, this is number 217.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,440 the take-home is $48,312; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,451 would nationally. The average comes to $60,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For machinists the New Mexico median is $59,440, ranking 23 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In New Mexico's occupational distribution, machinists sits at 217 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for machinists in New Mexico, on $59,440, is $48,312 — equivalent to $53,451 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $60,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Machinists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,170 |
| This salary | $59,440 |
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 | $48,312 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,940 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,059 |
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 | $57,414 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,490 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,440 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,250 and the ninetieth is $90,170 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,312 take-home in New Mexico comes from $59,440. 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 217 of 485.
- Two cautions on $53,451, the adjusted value of that $59,440 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 217 of 485 locally.
- The New Mexico median of $59,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,250 to $90,170. 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 $48,312, from $59,440, 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 217 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 51 for it.
- This $53,451 adjusted figure, worked from $59,440, 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 217 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 217 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,250 at the bottom tenth to $90,170 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 $53,451.
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 $48,312 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,250) and the ninetieth ($90,170) 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 $53,451 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 $48,312 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.