Farmington, NM Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 87.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Farmington, NM moved from $43,620 in May 2024 to $45,820 in May 2025 (+5.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Farmington, NM sits +1.9 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 22140 · Farmington, NM $54K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #397/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.7
- OCC-MID 205 occs
- TOP-LEAD Dentists, Gene… · $196K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southside Virgin…
- BOOK-MOST 200 rows · May 2025
Read with Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area ($32 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Farmington, NM
Where Farmington, NM already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary lead published employment inside Farmington, NM's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 790 jobs · $95,170
- 2. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 190 jobs · $103,520
- 3. Construction Managers 190 jobs · $102,780
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 150 jobs · $129,400
- 5. Project Management Specialists 150 jobs · $96,210
- 6. Sales Managers 120 jobs · $107,110
- 7. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $115,920
- 8. Administrative Services Managers 110 jobs · $105,770
- 9. Lawyers 100 jobs · $108,090
- 10. Financial Managers 90 jobs · $125,990
- 11. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $147,390
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 60 jobs · $126,900
- 13. Physical Therapists 60 jobs · $98,260
- 14. Civil Engineers 60 jobs · $97,470
- 15. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $195,760
- 16. Physician Assistants 50 jobs · $142,890
- 17. Industrial Production Managers 50 jobs · $123,140
- 18. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $122,400
Occupations Tracked
205
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,552
employment-weighted, 200 complete rows
Top Salary
$195,760
Dentists, General
Cost of Living
87.7
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Farmington, NM, 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 | General and Operations Managers | $95,170 |
| 2 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $103,520 |
| 3 | Construction Managers | $102,780 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $129,400 |
| 5 | Project Management Specialists | $96,210 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $107,110 |
| 7 | Managers, All Other | $115,920 |
| 8 | Administrative Services Managers | $105,770 |
| 9 | Lawyers | $108,090 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $125,990 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $147,390 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,900 |
| 13 | Physical Therapists | $98,260 |
| 14 | Civil Engineers | $97,470 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $195,760 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $142,890 |
| 17 | Industrial Production Managers | $123,140 |
| 18 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $122,400 |
| 19 | Software Developers | $113,780 |
| 20 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $108,750 |
| 21 | School Psychologists | $104,740 |
| 22 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $96,420 |
| 23 | Education Administrators, All Other | $118,080 |
| 24 | Petroleum Engineers | $111,570 |
| 25 | Boilermakers | $101,250 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Farmington, NM
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $26,900 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,080 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,090 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $27,290 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $27,360 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,420 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,540 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,940 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $28,040 |
| Cashiers | $28,610 |
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 ($53,552 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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 Farmington, NM wage figures in a real decision
- Dentists, General leads published medians in Farmington, NM at $195,760/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Dentists, General
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $53,552 adjusts to about $61,058 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 87.7. 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.