Medical Equipment Preparers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,073
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$5,647
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,378
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
$36,720
Kept after tax
$31,073
Worth in national money
$34,378
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical equipment preparers is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $36,720. That is 48 of 51 states, and about 23.02% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 485 occupations New Mexico publishes, medical equipment preparers lands at 417. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,720 the take-home is $31,073; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,378 would nationally. The average comes to $40,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For medical equipment preparers, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $36,720, ranking 48 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 23.02%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within New Mexico, this work ranks 417 of 485 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for medical equipment preparers in New Mexico, on $36,720, is $31,073 — equivalent to $34,378 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 $40,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,530 |
| This salary | $36,720 |
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 | $31,073 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,685 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,772 |
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 | $35,959 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,143 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Mexico earn less than $36,720. The published range is $31,040 up to $56,530, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Mexico's $31,073, worked from $36,720. 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 417 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 $34,378, the adjusted value of that $36,720 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 417 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for medical equipment preparers in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,040 to $56,530. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Mexico take-home of $31,073, on $36,720 for work ranking 417 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 417 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $34,378 — the adjusted value of that $36,720 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 417 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $40,970, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,040 and the top tenth $56,530, so most people doing this work in New Mexico sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $34,378 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, $31,073 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 $40,970. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,040 to $56,530) 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 $34,378 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 $31,073 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.