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
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$41,370	370	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$41,290	50	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$41,020	310	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$40,230	160	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$40,100	400	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$40,080	100	View salary detail
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	$39,830	80	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$39,830	30	View salary detail
Building Cleaning Workers, All Other	$39,780	90	View salary detail
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	$39,440	90	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,430	220	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$39,390	4,750	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$39,310	6,540	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$39,230	5,400	View salary detail
Barbers	$39,100	50	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$39,090	340	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$39,030	16,950	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$39,020	660	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$38,940	190	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$38,860	3,420	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$38,830	540	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$38,740	120	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$38,650	150	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$38,610	400	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$38,590	130	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$38,570	400	View salary detail
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	$38,560	60	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$38,400	12,470	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$38,060	340	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,020	30	View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	$37,960	—	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$37,840	360	View salary detail
Animal Control Workers	$37,800	260	View salary detail
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	$37,750	1,230	View salary detail
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$37,710	220	View salary detail
File Clerks	$37,700	340	View salary detail
Tellers	$37,680	2,330	View salary detail
Orderlies	$37,650	130	View salary detail
Helpers--Roofers	$37,640	130	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$37,580	100	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$37,560	5,030	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$37,550	1,260	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$37,540	590	View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$37,500	520	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$37,480	210	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$37,470	150	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$37,440	150	View salary detail
Riggers	$37,440	230	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$37,390	450	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$37,280	510	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.