Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $27,420 here versus $35,800 nationally (-23.4%; 6,770metro-area jobs). Next is Construction Laborers at $37,740 locally versus $47,120 nationally (-19.9%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$27,420 in Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area sits 23.4% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (6,770 published local jobs).
- Construction Laborers$37,740 in Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area sits 19.9% below the national Construction Laborers median of $47,120 (4,440 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$29,530 in Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area sits 16.2% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,320 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$38,060 in Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area sits 15.4% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,510 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 3500007 · Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #328/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 370 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $438K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Northwestern Reg…
- BOOK-FULL 358 rows · May 2025
Read with Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area (+$17 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Eastern New Mexico nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Managers, All Other and Construction Managers lead published employment inside Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 740 jobs · $122,880
- 2. Construction Managers 570 jobs · $122,810
- 3. Lawyers 360 jobs · $133,470
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 340 jobs · $138,980
- 5. Financial Managers 310 jobs · $130,230
- 6. Sales Managers 290 jobs · $110,760
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 260 jobs · $127,870
- 8. Pharmacists 220 jobs · $149,160
- 9. Physicians, All Other 200 jobs · $408,840
- 10. Physical Therapists 170 jobs · $113,600
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $251,680
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $133,140
- 13. Engineers, All Other 150 jobs · $126,000
- 14. Electrical Engineers 120 jobs · $125,300
- 15. School Psychologists 110 jobs · $111,660
- 16. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $193,860
- 17. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 70 jobs · $126,960
- 18. Information Security Analysts 70 jobs · $120,600
Occupations Tracked
370
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,870
employment-weighted, 358 complete rows
Top Salary
$437,620
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managers, All Other | $122,880 |
| 2 | Construction Managers | $122,810 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $133,470 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $138,980 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $130,230 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $110,760 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $127,870 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $149,160 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $408,840 |
| 10 | Physical Therapists | $113,600 |
| 11 | Family Medicine Physicians | $251,680 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $133,140 |
| 13 | Engineers, All Other | $126,000 |
| 14 | Electrical Engineers | $125,300 |
| 15 | School Psychologists | $111,660 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $193,860 |
| 17 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $126,960 |
| 18 | Information Security Analysts | $120,600 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $165,360 |
| 20 | Mechanical Engineers | $118,300 |
| 21 | Environmental Engineers | $115,920 |
| 22 | Physician Assistants | $135,560 |
| 23 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $437,620 |
| 24 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $208,000 |
| 25 | Natural Sciences Managers | $119,430 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $25,360 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $25,860 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $26,540 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $26,670 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $27,140 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $27,420 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,850 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $27,910 |
| Bartenders | $27,950 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,140 |
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 ($55,870 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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