Public Relations Managers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,599
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$29,661
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,703
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
$115,260
Kept after tax
$85,599
Worth in national money
$94,703
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Mexico pays public relations managers around $115,260 at the midpoint, 30 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Mexico. It ranks 39 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 $115,260 the take-home is $85,599; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $94,703 would nationally. The average comes to $127,030, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For public relations managers the New Mexico median is $115,260, ranking 30 of 48 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.
- Within New Mexico, public relations managers ranks 39 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 public relations managers in New Mexico, on $115,260, is $85,599 — equivalent to $94,703 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 $127,030 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $200,860 |
| This salary | $115,260 |
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 | $85,599 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,915 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,174 |
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 | $109,124 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,003 |
| 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 $115,260. The published range is $77,160 up to $200,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $85,599 take-home in New Mexico comes from $115,260. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 39 of 485.
- Two cautions on $94,703, the adjusted value of that $115,260 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 39 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for public relations managers in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,160 to $200,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $85,599, from $115,260, assumes a single New Mexico filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 39 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- This $94,703 adjusted figure, worked from $115,260, 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 39 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 39 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 $127,030, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $77,160, the highest tenth $200,860, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $94,703 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 $85,599 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $127,030. 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 ($77,160) and the ninetieth ($200,860) 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 $94,703 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 $85,599 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.