Veterinarians in New Mexico
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,695
after federal, FICA and New Mexico tax
Tax takes
$34,695
26.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,767
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
$129,390
Kept after tax
$94,695
Worth in national money
$104,767
State rank
18
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Mexico pays veterinarians around $129,390 at the midpoint, 18 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within New Mexico this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, veterinarians ranks 22 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Mexico is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $129,390 the take-home is $94,695; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $104,767 would nationally. The average comes to $138,880, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For veterinarians the New Mexico median is $129,390, ranking 18 of 49 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Mexico publishes a median for, veterinarians sits 22 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 veterinarians in New Mexico, on $129,390, is $94,695 — equivalent to $104,767 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 $138,880 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Veterinarians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $212,850 |
| This salary | $129,390 |
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 | $94,695 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,704 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,165 |
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 | $122,061 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,077 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $129,390 as a midpoint for New Mexico, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,450 and the ninetieth is $212,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Mexico the take-home figure of $94,695, from $129,390, 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 22 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $104,767 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 22.
- The New Mexico median of $129,390 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,450 to $212,850. 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 $94,695 from $129,390. 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 22 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $104,767, worked from $129,390, 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 22 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 $138,880 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $79,450 at the bottom tenth to $212,850 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 $104,767 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 $94,695.
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 49 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 $138,880. 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 ($79,450) and the ninetieth ($212,850) 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 $104,767 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 $94,695 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.