Receptionists and Information Clerks in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,871
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$5,269
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,049
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
$35,140
Kept after tax
$29,871
Worth in national money
$33,049
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Mexico pays this job a middle wage of $35,140, 43 of 51 states and about 7.55% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within New Mexico this is lower-paid work. Of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 442. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,140 you keep $29,871 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,049 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $35,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Mexico's $35,140 median for receptionists and information clerks places it 43 of 51 states, about 7.55% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation New Mexico reports, receptionists and information clerks ranks 442 of 485, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $29,871 after the full tax stack, from $35,140. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,049 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $35,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Receptionists and Information Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,210 |
| This salary | $35,140 |
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 | $29,871 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,415 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,749 |
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 | $34,463 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,116 |
| 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 $35,140. The published range is $26,970 up to $44,210, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $29,871, from $35,140, 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 442 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Mexico, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,049, the adjusted value of that $35,140 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 442 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for receptionists and information clerks in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $26,970 to $44,210. 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 $29,871 from $35,140. 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 442 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $33,049 — the adjusted value of that $35,140 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 442 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $26,970 at the tenth percentile, $44,210 at the ninetieth.
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 $33,049 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 $29,871 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($26,970 to $44,210) 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 $33,049 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 $29,871 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.