Operations Research Analysts in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,752
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$17,608
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,427
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
$80,360
Kept after tax
$62,752
Worth in national money
$69,427
State rank
34
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for operations research analysts is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $80,360. That is 34 of 47 states, and about 9.65% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Mexico. It ranks 112 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,360 the take-home is $62,752; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $69,427 would nationally. The average comes to $93,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For operations research analysts, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $80,360, ranking 34 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 9.65%. 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, operations research analysts ranks 112 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for operations research analysts in New Mexico, on $80,360, is $62,752 — equivalent to $69,427 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 $93,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Operations Research Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $150,030 |
| This salary | $80,360 |
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 | $62,752 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,363 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,163 |
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 | $76,648 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,988 |
| 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 $80,360. The published range is $49,940 up to $150,030, 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 $62,752, worked from $80,360. 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 112 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,427 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 112.
- Reported values are medians; for operations research analysts in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,940 to $150,030. 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 $62,752, on $80,360 for work ranking 112 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 112 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,427, worked from $80,360, 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 112 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $93,860 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,940, the highest tenth $150,030, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $69,427.
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, $62,752 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $93,860. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,940) and the ninetieth ($150,030) 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 $69,427 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 $62,752 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.