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Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors salary in New Mexico

The median adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in New Mexico earns $49,170 a year, 20% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,273 a month.

10th percentile
$42,070
25th percentile
$42,680
Median percentile
$49,170
75th percentile
$67,230
90th percentile
$83,490

Based on 210 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$39,279 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,170
Federal income tax−$3,720
Social Security + Medicare−$3,762
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$2,409
Monthly take-home$3,273
Every two weeks$1,511

Does it go far here?

$53,323Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
33%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,067 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Mexico

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$327,670
Family Medicine Physicians$228,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$215,120
Computer Hardware Engineers$165,350
Physicists$165,340
Nuclear Engineers$164,300
Engineers, All Other$162,070
Electrical Engineers$158,520

All adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors salaries · Take-home pay in New Mexico