Tool and Die Makers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,621
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$8,339
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,835
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
$47,960
Kept after tax
$39,621
Worth in national money
$43,835
State rank
43
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tool and die makers is on the low side in New Mexico. The middle earner gets $47,960. That is 43 of 45 states, and about 25.12% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tool and die makers ranks 300 among 485 occupations New Mexico publishes pay for.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,960 the take-home is $39,621; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,835 would nationally. The average comes to $52,930, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For tool and die makers, New Mexico sits in the lower band at $47,960, ranking 43 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 25.12%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 300 of 485 in New Mexico places tool and die makers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for tool and die makers in New Mexico, on $47,960, is $39,621 — equivalent to $43,835 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 $52,930 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tool and Die Makers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,040 |
| This salary | $47,960 |
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 | $39,621 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,716 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,936 |
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 | $46,597 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,341 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,960 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,260 and the ninetieth is $79,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,621 take-home in New Mexico comes from $47,960. 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 300 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Mexico, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,835, the adjusted value of that $47,960 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 300 of 485 in the state.
- The New Mexico median of $47,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,260 to $79,040. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,621, from $47,960, 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 300 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $43,835 — the adjusted value of that $47,960 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 300 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 $52,930 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 $40,260 and the top tenth $79,040 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $43,835 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Mexico then takes its own share, leaving $39,621.
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.
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 $52,930. 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 ($40,260) and the ninetieth ($79,040) 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 $43,835 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 $39,621 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.