Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,275
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$12,725
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,941
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
$66,000
Kept after tax
$53,275
Worth in national money
$58,941
State rank
22
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Mexico pays this job around $66,000 at the midpoint, 22 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 169 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $66,000 you keep $53,275, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,941 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $66,670, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For probation officers and correctional treatment specialists the New Mexico median is $66,000, ranking 22 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 169 of 485 in New Mexico places probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 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.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists on $66,000 is $53,275. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,941 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $66,670 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,240 |
| This salary | $66,000 |
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 | $53,275 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,211 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,125 |
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 | $63,590 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,865 |
| 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 $66,000. The published range is $54,640 up to $86,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $53,275, from $66,000, 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 169 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 $58,941 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 169.
- Reported values are medians; for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,640 to $86,240. 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 $53,275 from $66,000. 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 169 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,941, worked from $66,000, 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 169 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $54,640 at the bottom tenth to $86,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $58,941 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 $53,275.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,640 to $86,240) 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 $58,941 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 $53,275 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.