Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,754
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$17,086
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,323
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
$78,840
Kept after tax
$61,754
Worth in national money
$68,323
State rank
14
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Mexico pays this job a middle wage of $78,840, ranking 14 of 48 states and sitting about 1.55% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations New Mexico reports, this job comes in at 118 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $78,840 the take-home is $61,754; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,323 would nationally. The average comes to $83,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Mexico's median for postsecondary teachers, all other is $78,840, about 1.55% above the national figure and 14 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.
- Postsecondary teachers, all other ranks 118 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 postsecondary teachers, all other in New Mexico, on $78,840, is $61,754 — equivalent to $68,323 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 $83,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,650 |
| This salary | $78,840 |
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 | $61,754 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,294 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,160 |
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 | $75,230 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,983 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,840 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,530 and the ninetieth is $124,650 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $61,754, from $78,840, 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 118 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $68,323, the adjusted value of that $78,840 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 118 of 485 locally.
- The New Mexico median of $78,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,530 to $124,650. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,754 from $78,840. 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 118 of 485 locally.
- This $68,323 adjusted figure, worked from $78,840, 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 118 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 118 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 $83,990, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $49,530 at the bottom tenth to $124,650 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $68,323 in national terms.
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 $61,754 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $83,990. 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 ($49,530) and the ninetieth ($124,650) 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 $68,323 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 $61,754 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.