Albuquerque, NM Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Albuquerque, NM - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Albuquerque, NM moved from $46,940 in May 2024 to $48,060 in May 2025 (+2.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Albuquerque, NM sits -0.7 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Office Clerks, General shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Albuquerque, NM
Office Clerks, General publishes $37,000 here versus $45,010 nationally (-17.8%; 5,130metro-area jobs). Next is Security Guards at $44,780 locally versus $38,020 nationally (+17.8%).
- Office Clerks, General$37,000 in Albuquerque, NM sits 17.8% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (5,130 published local jobs).
- Security Guards$44,780 in Albuquerque, NM sits 17.8% above the national Security Guards median of $38,020 (4,440 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$30,170 in Albuquerque, NM sits 15.7% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (16,860 published local jobs).
- Medical Assistants$39,200 in Albuquerque, NM sits 14.2% below the national Medical Assistants median of $45,690 (2,570 published local jobs).
Office Clerks, General and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Albuquerque, NM; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 10740 · Albuquerque, NM $63K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #144/528
- RPP-MID 95.5
- OCC-MOST 497 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $405K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Akron, OH
- BOOK-FULL 480 rows · May 2025
Read with Akron, OH (+$55 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Albuquerque, NM
Employment scale inside Albuquerque, NM's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Electrical Engineers lead published employment inside Albuquerque, NM's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,430 jobs · $140,110
- 2. Electrical Engineers 1,280 jobs · $163,720
- 3. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 1,270 jobs · $178,290
- 4. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,160 jobs · $215,120
- 5. Engineers, All Other 1,110 jobs · $163,630
- 6. Physicians, All Other 1,060 jobs · $327,670
- 7. Pharmacists 1,000 jobs · $147,000
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 890 jobs · $140,950
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 840 jobs · $139,530
- 10. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 500 jobs · $153,900
- 11. Dentists, General 460 jobs · $141,580
- 12. Physician Assistants 380 jobs · $139,920
- 13. Physicists 330 jobs · $165,340
- 14. Veterinarians 240 jobs · $140,200
- 15. Computer and Information Research Scientists 220 jobs · $165,690
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 210 jobs · $185,200
- 17. Emergency Medicine Physicians 180 jobs · $405,130
- 18. Pediatricians, General 140 jobs · $214,520
Occupations Tracked
497
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,767
employment-weighted, 480 complete rows
Top Salary
$405,130
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
95.5
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Albuquerque, NM
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $405,130 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $327,670 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $236,320 |
| 4 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $216,220 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $215,120 |
| 6 | Pediatricians, General | $214,520 |
| 7 | Family Medicine Physicians | $185,200 |
| 8 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $178,290 |
| 9 | Optometrists | $165,810 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $165,690 |
| 11 | Physicists | $165,340 |
| 12 | Electrical Engineers | $163,720 |
| 13 | Engineers, All Other | $163,630 |
| 14 | Chemical Engineers | $163,380 |
| 15 | Surgeons, All Other | $159,960 |
| 16 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $153,900 |
| 17 | Pharmacists | $147,000 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $141,580 |
| 19 | Nurse Practitioners | $140,950 |
| 20 | Veterinarians | $140,200 |
| 21 | Financial Managers | $140,110 |
| 22 | Physician Assistants | $139,920 |
| 23 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $139,530 |
| 24 | Sales Engineers | $136,260 |
| 25 | Purchasing Managers | $134,990 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Albuquerque, NM
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Recreation Workers | $26,510 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,230 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,240 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,480 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,750 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,140 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $29,890 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $29,910 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $30,170 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $30,360 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in NM
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside NM. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($62,767 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Albuquerque, NM wage figures in a real decision
- Emergency Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Albuquerque, NM at $405,130/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Emergency Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $62,767 adjusts to about $65,693 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 95.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for NM before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.