Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,563
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$3,667
13.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,175
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
$28,230
Kept after tax
$24,563
Worth in national money
$27,175
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Mexico pays this job a middle wage of $28,230, 35 of 50 states and about 14.22% 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 483. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where New Mexico does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $28,230 you keep $24,563, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $27,175 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $28,450, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Mexico's $28,230 median for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers places it 35 of 50 states, about 14.22% 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, ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ranks 483 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.
- After federal, FICA and New Mexico income tax, retained pay for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers on $28,230 is $24,563. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $27,175 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $28,450 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $28,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $29,510 |
| This salary | $28,230 |
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 | $24,563 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $24,857 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,595 |
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 | $27,872 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,923 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $28,230 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $26,900 and the ninetieth is $29,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $24,563, from $28,230, 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 483 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 $27,175, the adjusted value of that $28,230 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 483 of 485 in the state.
- The New Mexico median of $28,230 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $26,900 to $29,510. 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 $24,563 from $28,230. 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 483 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Mexico, so $27,175 — the adjusted value of that $28,230 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 483 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $26,900 and the top tenth $29,510, so most people doing this work in New Mexico sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $27,175 in national terms.
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, $24,563 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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($26,900 to $29,510) 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 $27,175 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 $24,563 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.