Sales and Related Workers, All Other in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,229
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$5,381
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,444
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
$35,610
Kept after tax
$30,229
Worth in national money
$33,444
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $35,610. That is 38 of 48 states, and about 26.24% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 485 occupations New Mexico publishes, this job lands at 438. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,610 you keep $30,229 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,444 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,830, since top earners drag the number up.
- For sales and related workers, all other, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $35,610, ranking 38 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 26.24%. 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, this work ranks 438 of 485 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $30,229 after the full tax stack, from $35,610. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,444 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,830 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales and Related Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,530 |
| This salary | $35,610 |
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 | $30,229 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,793 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,756 |
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 | $34,908 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,124 |
| 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 $35,610. The published range is $27,930 up to $60,530, 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 $30,229, worked from $35,610. 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 438 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,444 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 438.
- Reported values are medians; for sales and related workers, all other in New Mexico the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,930 to $60,530. 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 $30,229, on $35,610 for work ranking 438 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 438 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,444, worked from $35,610, 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 438 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 $39,830 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $27,930 and the top tenth $60,530 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $33,444 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $30,229 remains.
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 $39,830. 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 ($27,930) and the ninetieth ($60,530) 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 $33,444 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 $30,229 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.