Santa Fe, NM Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Santa Fe, NM - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Santa Fe, NM moved from $47,180 in May 2024 to $48,710 in May 2025 (+3.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Santa Fe, NM sits +0.1 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Santa Fe, NM
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive publishes $50,170 here versus $47,540 nationally (+5.5%; 2,410metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $35,960 locally versus $35,410 nationally (+1.6%).
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$50,170 in Santa Fe, NM sits 5.5% above the national Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $47,540 (2,410 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$35,960 in Santa Fe, NM sits 1.6% above the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,320 published local jobs).
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Santa Fe, NM; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 42140 · Santa Fe, NM $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #165/528
- RPP-MID 98.8
- OCC-MID 254 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $345K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE +0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Cheyenne, WY
- BOOK-MOST 248 rows · May 2025
Read with Cheyenne, WY (+$38 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 Santa Fe, NM
Employment scale inside Santa Fe, NM's top-pay list
Lawyers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Santa Fe, NM's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 530 jobs · $122,430
- 2. Managers, All Other 380 jobs · $119,310
- 3. Financial Managers 300 jobs · $126,380
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 280 jobs · $117,060
- 5. Sales Managers 190 jobs · $146,510
- 6. Software Developers 180 jobs · $112,380
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $136,130
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 140 jobs · $144,250
- 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 140 jobs · $115,190
- 10. Pharmacists 110 jobs · $150,580
- 11. Personal Financial Advisors 110 jobs · $138,790
- 12. Physicians, All Other 90 jobs · $234,790
- 13. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 90 jobs · $120,030
- 14. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 90 jobs · $114,690
- 15. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $124,870
- 16. Veterinarians 70 jobs · $129,380
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 60 jobs · $345,070
- 18. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $154,960
Occupations Tracked
254
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$61,277
employment-weighted, 248 complete rows
Top Salary
$345,070
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
98.8
1% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Santa Fe, NM
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $345,070 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $234,790 |
| 3 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $195,350 |
| 4 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $154,960 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $150,580 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $146,510 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $144,250 |
| 8 | Personal Financial Advisors | $138,790 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $136,130 |
| 10 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $131,470 |
| 11 | Natural Sciences Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $131,370 |
| 12 | Veterinarians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $129,380 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $127,730 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $126,380 |
| 15 | Physical Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $124,870 |
| 16 | Lawyers | $122,430 |
| 17 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $120,030 |
| 18 | Managers, All Other | $119,310 |
| 19 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $117,060 |
| 20 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $115,190 |
| 21 | Postsecondary Teachers, All Other | $115,000 |
| 22 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $114,690 |
| 23 | Software Developers | $112,380 |
| 24 | Occupational Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $112,240 |
| 25 | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $111,360 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Santa Fe, NM
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $29,940 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $30,360 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $30,430 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $30,810 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $30,990 |
| Firefighters | $31,200 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $31,520 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $31,540 |
| Parking Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $31,990 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $32,260 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($61,277 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 Santa Fe, NM wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Santa Fe, NM at $345,070/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $61,277 adjusts to about $62,042 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 98.8. 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.