Statisticians in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,355
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$18,975
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,306
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
$84,330
Kept after tax
$65,355
Worth in national money
$72,306
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for statisticians is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $84,330. That is 33 of 45 states, and about 20.18% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within New Mexico this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, statisticians ranks 98 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $84,330 the take-home is $65,355; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $72,306 would nationally. The average comes to $85,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For statisticians, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $84,330, ranking 33 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 20.18%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation New Mexico publishes a median for, statisticians sits 98 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for statisticians in New Mexico, on $84,330, is $65,355 — equivalent to $72,306 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 $85,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,520 |
| This salary | $84,330 |
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 | $65,355 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,156 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,169 |
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 | $80,348 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,996 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of statisticians in New Mexico earn under $84,330 and half over. The published range runs $52,840 at the tenth percentile to $124,520 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $65,355, from $84,330, 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 98 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $72,306, the adjusted value of that $84,330 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 98 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for statisticians in New Mexico, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,840 to $124,520; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $65,355 from $84,330. 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 98 of 485 locally.
- This $72,306 adjusted figure, worked from $84,330, 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 98 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 98 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $52,840 and the top tenth $124,520 — 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 $72,306 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, $65,355 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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,840) and the ninetieth ($124,520) 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 $72,306 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 $65,355 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.