Highest Paying Jobs in New Mexico

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$405,130

Emergency Medicine Physicians

Top 25 Average

$209,434

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

occupations

Occupations

100

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in New Mexico by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Emergency Medicine Physicians pays a state median of $405,130, +21% above the national median of $335,550 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 89 pay above $100,000 per year in New Mexico - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $282,968, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 56 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in New Mexico, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where New Mexico is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in New Mexico, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Emergency Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$405,130	$335,550	+21% above	340
2	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$393,970	$391,490	+1% above	50
3	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$363,940	$414,010	12% below	150
4	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$327,670	$265,930	+23% above	1,930
5	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$259,990	$292,910	11% below	110
6	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$228,040	$244,180	7% below	650
7	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$227,730	$281,870	19% below	N/A
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$215,120	$171,270	+26% above	2,270
9	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$205,400	$153,990	+33% above	250
10	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$202,690	$160,300	+26% above	60
11	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$202,390	$210,040	4% below	270
12	Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$165,690	$140,300	+18% above	490
13	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$165,600	$112,860	+47% above	450
14	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$165,350	$161,740	+2% above	5,260
15	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$165,340	$172,250	4% below	580
16	Nuclear Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$164,300	$133,970	+23% above	500
17	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$162,070	$122,930	+32% above	2,190
18	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$158,520	$120,630	+31% above	2,560
19	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$158,190	$125,040	+27% above	160
20	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$157,710	$104,110	+51% above	2,710
21	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$155,260	$170,950	9% below	780
22	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$148,550	$148,080	same as	350
23	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$147,000	$140,910	+4% above	1,730
24	Emergency Management Directors Management Occupations	$145,550	$93,330	+56% above	170
25	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$144,660	$136,570	+6% above	130
26	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$139,920	$135,880	+3% above	700
27	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$137,730	$175,140	21% below	1,500
28	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$137,520	$132,300	+4% above	1,770
29	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$136,990	$130,220	+5% above	1,110
30	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$136,990	$232,140	41% below	50
31	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$134,790	$148,080	9% below	240
32	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$134,600	$107,310	+25% above	1,430
33	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$133,700	$166,570	20% below	2,530
34	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$132,850	$134,960	2% below	570
35	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$130,070	$129,180	+1% above	2,470
36	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$129,390	$130,100	1% below	460
37	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$129,370	$236,590	45% below	N/A
38	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$128,090	$102,440	+25% above	1,140
39	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$127,090	$116,580	+9% above	1,650
40	Chemists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$126,960	$91,240	+39% above	280
41	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$124,800	$100,580	+24% above	N/A
42	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$124,670	$126,060	1% below	670
43	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$124,520	$135,980	8% below	3,960
44	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$124,390	$149,230	17% below	40
45	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$124,300	$123,860	same as	3,150
46	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$124,290	$133,000	7% below	180
47	Physical Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$123,820	$122,570	+1% above	240
48	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$123,550	$141,900	13% below	3,770
49	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$123,500	$213,990	42% below	100
50	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$123,350	$134,040	8% below	50
51	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$122,980	$166,790	26% below	800
52	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$119,680	$159,670	25% below	3,380
53	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$119,420	$124,900	4% below	80
54	Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$119,320	$73,900	+61% above	670
55	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$118,070	$149,280	21% below	820
56	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$117,950	$139,500	15% below	120
57	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$116,580	$104,300	+12% above	450
58	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$115,260	$146,910	22% below	250
59	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$114,080	$148,270	23% below	1,750
60	Education Administrators, All Other Management Occupations	$113,110	$95,200	+19% above	360
61	Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$111,270	$94,980	+17% above	50
62	School Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$110,360	$95,990	+15% above	630
63	Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators Legal Occupations	$110,180	$75,530	+46% above	40
64	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$110,070	$99,070	+11% above	60
65	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$110,020	$123,920	11% below	60
66	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$109,480	$104,590	+5% above	1,160
67	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$109,080	$134,050	19% below	420
68	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$108,850	$100,310	+9% above	70
69	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$108,360	$107,110	+1% above	500
70	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$108,290	$98,700	+10% above	80
71	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$108,110	$106,660	+1% above	390
72	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$107,720	$105,870	+2% above	2,290
73	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$106,990	$103,170	+4% above	50
74	Project Management Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$106,970	$102,320	+5% above	4,330
75	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$106,880	$102,760	+4% above	1,330
76	Power Plant Operators Production Occupations	$105,510	$102,040	+3% above	130
77	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$105,410	$109,270	4% below	290
78	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$104,790	$114,130	8% below	N/A
79	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$104,550	$114,990	9% below	2,480
80	Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$104,510	$99,650	+5% above	40
81	Civil Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$103,900	$100,840	+3% above	1,350
82	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,750	$78,350	+30% above	1,390
83	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$101,680	$125,470	19% below	70
84	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$101,420	$107,230	5% below	660
85	Electrical and Electronics Drafters Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,330	$76,870	+32% above	390
86	Gambling Managers Management Occupations	$101,260	$93,220	+9% above	70
87	Boilermakers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$101,200	$76,410	+32% above	300
88	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$100,410	$103,020	3% below	140
89	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$100,010	$105,310	5% below	100
90	Petroleum Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$99,900	$144,910	31% below	260
91	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,170	$100,330	1% below	1,030
92	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$98,820	$84,620	+17% above	150
93	Speech-Language Pathologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$98,690	$97,870	+1% above	1,250
94	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$98,630	$105,770	7% below	16,330
95	Database Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$98,450	$104,620	6% below	570
96	Logisticians Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$98,430	$82,320	+20% above	850
97	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$98,400	$101,370	3% below	70
98	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$98,220	$105,850	7% below	2,290
99	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$97,920	$123,220	21% below	370
100	Gas Plant Operators Production Occupations	$97,660	$87,820	+11% above	300

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in New Mexico. The "Difference" column shows how New Mexico pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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