Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,659
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$20,191
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,855
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
$87,850
Kept after tax
$67,659
Worth in national money
$74,855
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Mexico pays this job around $87,850 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations New Mexico reports, this job comes in at 87 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $87,850 the take-home is $67,659; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $74,855 would nationally. The average comes to $88,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For magnetic resonance imaging technologists the New Mexico median is $87,850, ranking 30 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.
- Magnetic resonance imaging technologists ranks 87 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.
- Post-tax income for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in New Mexico, on $87,850, is $67,659 — equivalent to $74,855 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 $88,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,550 |
| This salary | $87,850 |
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 | $67,659 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,632 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,169 |
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 | $83,623 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,997 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $87,850 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $75,030 and the ninetieth is $99,550 — 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 $67,659, worked from $87,850. 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 87 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,855 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 87.
- The New Mexico median of $87,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $75,030 to $99,550. 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 $67,659, on $87,850 for work ranking 87 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 87 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,855, worked from $87,850, 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 87 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $75,030 at the bottom tenth to $99,550 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $74,855.
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, $67,659 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($75,030 to $99,550) 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 $74,855 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 $67,659 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.