Millwrights in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,216
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$21,014
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,579
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
$90,230
Kept after tax
$69,216
Worth in national money
$76,579
State rank
2
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Mexico pays millwrights a middle wage of $90,230, ranking 2 of 48 states and sitting about 37.34% above the national middle.
- Within New Mexico this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, millwrights ranks 84 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $90,230 the take-home is $69,216; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $76,579 would nationally. The average comes to $92,390, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Mexico's median for millwrights is $90,230, about 37.34% above the national figure and 2 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation New Mexico publishes a median for, millwrights sits 84 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for millwrights in New Mexico, on $90,230, is $69,216 — equivalent to $76,579 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 $92,390 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,250 |
| This salary | $90,230 |
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 | $69,216 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,307 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,170 |
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 | $85,837 |
|---|---|
| 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
- Half the people doing this work in New Mexico earn less than $90,230. The published range is $82,000 up to $102,250, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $69,216, from $90,230, 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 84 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $76,579, the adjusted value of that $90,230 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 84 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for millwrights in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $82,000 to $102,250. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $69,216 from $90,230. 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 84 of 485 locally.
- This $76,579 adjusted figure, worked from $90,230, 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 84 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 84 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $82,000 and the top tenth $102,250, 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 $76,579 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $69,216 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($82,000 to $102,250) 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 $76,579 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 $69,216 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.