Marriage and Family Therapists in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,364
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$14,266
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,360
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
$70,630
Kept after tax
$56,364
Worth in national money
$62,360
State rank
11
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for marriage and family therapists is strong here. New Mexico's middle earner gets $70,630, putting the state 11 of 45 — about 5.51% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Marriage and family therapists ranks 150 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $70,630 you keep $56,364 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $62,360 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $71,940, since top earners drag the number up.
- For marriage and family therapists, New Mexico sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $70,630, ranking 11 of 45 and running about 5.51% 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.
- Position 150 of 485 in New Mexico places marriage and family therapists 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 $56,364 after the full tax stack, from $70,630. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $62,360 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $71,940 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,210 |
| This salary | $70,630 |
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 | $56,364 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,518 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,140 |
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 | $67,568 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,956 |
| 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 marriage and family therapists in New Mexico earn under $70,630 and half over. The published range runs $52,680 at the tenth percentile to $92,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $56,364, from $70,630, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 150 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,360 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 150.
- Figures are distribution medians for marriage and family therapists in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,680 to $92,210; 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.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $56,364 from $70,630. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 150 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,360, worked from $70,630, 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 150 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $52,680 at the tenth percentile, $92,210 at the ninetieth.
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 $62,360 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Mexico then takes its own share, leaving $56,364.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($52,680 to $92,210) 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 $62,360 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 $56,364 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.