Surveying and Mapping Technicians in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,869
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$10,341
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,747
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
$56,210
Kept after tax
$45,869
Worth in national money
$50,747
State rank
28
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Mexico pays surveying and mapping technicians around $56,210 at the midpoint, 28 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations New Mexico reports figures for, this is number 238.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $56,210 you keep $45,869 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,747 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $57,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- For surveying and mapping technicians the New Mexico median is $56,210, ranking 28 of 50 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.
- In New Mexico's occupational distribution, surveying and mapping technicians sits at 238 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in New Mexico is $45,869 after the full tax stack, from $56,210. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,747 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Surveying and Mapping Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,410 |
| This salary | $56,210 |
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 | $45,869 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,345 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,026 |
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 | $54,373 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,451 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,210 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,220 and the ninetieth is $81,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $45,869, from $56,210, 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 238 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $50,747, the adjusted value of that $56,210 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 238 of 485 locally.
- The New Mexico median of $56,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,220 to $81,410. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Mexico is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,869 from $56,210. 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 238 of 485 locally.
- This $50,747 adjusted figure, worked from $56,210, 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 238 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 238 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,220 at the bottom tenth to $81,410 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $50,747 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 $45,869 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,220) and the ninetieth ($81,410) 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 $50,747 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 $45,869 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.