Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in New Mexico

747 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in New Mexico for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$46,100	880	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$45,890	1,840	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$45,880	990	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$45,760	9,320	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,760	170	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,730	400	View salary detail
Sound Engineering Technicians	$45,690	50	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,670	50	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$45,620	300	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$45,610	580	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$45,580	110	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$45,550	190	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$45,470	1,870	View salary detail
Plasterers and Stucco Masons	$45,350	460	View salary detail
Embalmers	$45,340	30	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$45,300	130	View salary detail
Roofers	$45,300	1,160	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$45,280	220	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$45,180	2,200	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$44,980	270	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$44,970	70	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$44,840	890	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$44,790	890	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$44,700	120	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$44,680	1,030	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$44,550	280	View salary detail
Fence Erectors	$44,450	270	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$44,400	2,150	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$44,260	800	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$44,260	800	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$44,260	800	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$44,260	800	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$44,230	4,590	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$44,070	2,490	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$43,960	1,350	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$43,860	240	View salary detail
Media and Communication Workers, All Other	$43,750	40	View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$43,350	—	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$43,330	330	View salary detail
Security Guards	$43,320	8,410	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Aides	$43,170	50	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$42,910	760	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$42,520	110	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$42,360	4,220	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$42,000	120	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$41,990	250	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$41,920	140	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$41,700	920	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$41,600	—	View salary detail
Firefighters	$41,590	2,420	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.