Fastest Growing Jobs in New Mexico

National growth leaders filtered through New Mexico's actual employment footprint – BLS 2024–2034

Where New Mexico already employs the growth list

Ranked by published New Mexico employment (not by national growth %). Sibling state pages diverge here because the occupation title set and order change with the OEWS footprint.

  1. 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Healthcare Support Occupations 38,910 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 7,810 jobs · +14.9%
  3. 3. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 5,400 jobs · +12.5%
  4. 4. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 3,960 jobs · +15.8%
  5. 5. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 3,150 jobs · +23.2%
  6. 6. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 2,780 jobs · +16.1%
  7. 7. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 2,530 jobs · +14.8%
  8. 8. Information Security Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 2,470 jobs · +28.5%
  9. 9. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 2,420 jobs · +16.8%
  10. 10. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,770 jobs · +40.1%
  11. 11. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 1,710 jobs · +12.1%
  12. 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 1,500 jobs · +15.2%
  13. 13. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 1,430 jobs · +17.3%
  14. 14. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,250 jobs · +15%
  15. 15. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,030 jobs · +13.8%
  16. 16. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 1,030 jobs · +11.9%
  17. 17. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 850 jobs · +16.7%
  18. 18. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 840 jobs · +12.5%
  19. 19. Respiratory Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 840 jobs · +12.1%
  20. 20. Physical Therapist Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 700 jobs · +22%

Largest New Mexico footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

38,910 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

43/50

New Mexico employment published

National #1 growth

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

+49.9% · different from state footprint lead

Growth % and openings are national BLS projections. The employment and wage columns are New Mexico OEWS estimates where published.

In New Mexico, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) currently accounts for 330 OEWS jobs while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (38,910 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Cooks, Restaurant (7,810) and Medical Assistants (5,400).

That mismatch is the useful New Mexico read: percentage growth ranks a national change rate, not how many workers the state already employs in the role. Of the 50 national growth rows, 43 publish New Mexico employment; 26 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 62% of summed employment sits in Healthcare Support Occupations (2 occupations).

Annual openings (growth plus replacements) still live on each occupation profile. A high percentage on a tiny base can add fewer New Mexico seats than a mid-single-digit gain on a large OEWS count. Education and credential columns on the profile set the entry clock; several fast-growth rows need multi-year training before the projection window helps a new entrant.

New Mexico footprint order on the national growth list

Rows with published New Mexico employment are sorted by in-state jobs. Occupations without a state OEWS row stay at the bottom in national growth order.

# Occupation Growth %
1 Home Health and Personal Care Aides +17%
2 Cooks, Restaurant +14.9%
3 Medical Assistants +12.5%
4 Software Developers +15.8%
5 Medical and Health Services Managers +23.2%
6 Industrial Machinery Mechanics +16.1%
7 Financial Managers +14.8%
8 Information Security Analysts +28.5%
9 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors +16.8%
10 Nurse Practitioners +40.1%
11 Animal Caretakers +12.1%
12 Computer and Information Systems Managers +15.2%
13 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary +17.3%
14 Speech-Language Pathologists +15%
15 Occupational Therapists +13.8%
16 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors +11.9%
17 Logisticians +16.7%
18 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists +12.5%
19 Respiratory Therapists +12.1%
20 Physical Therapist Assistants +22%
21 Physician Assistants +20.4%
22 Psychiatric Technicians +20%
23 Community Health Workers +11.3%
24 Data Scientists +33.5%
25 Operations Research Analysts +21.5%
26 Computer and Information Research Scientists +19.7%
27 Computer Network Architects +11.9%
28 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers +13%
29 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians +19.8%
30 Massage Therapists +15.4%
31 Solar Photovoltaic Installers +42.1%
32 Wind Turbine Service Technicians +49.9%
33 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary +16.8%
34 Occupational Therapy Assistants +19.2%
35 Financial Examiners +18.5%
36 Medical Equipment Repairers +12.9%
37 Forensic Science Technicians +12.8%
38 Marriage and Family Therapists +12.6%
39 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians +11.5%
40 Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars +14.7%
41 Epidemiologists +16.2%
42 Orthotists and Prosthetists +13.3%
43 Hearing Aid Specialists +18.4%
44 Actuaries +21.8%
45 Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists +14.6%
46 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers +12.8%
47 Counselors, All Other +12.6%
48 Therapists, All Other +11.5%
49 Mechanical Door Repairers +11.4%
50 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists +11.2%

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About This Data

Employment projections come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program, covering 2024 to 2034. Growth rates represent the projected percentage change in national employment over the 10-year period.

State employment and salary data comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. Some occupations may not have state-level data for New Mexico if employment is too small to report.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: BLS Employment Projections program, 2024–2034 and BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State employment totals for New Mexico from BLS OEWS State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State employment and wage rows use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and openings use national BLS Employment Projections for 2024–2034. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.