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Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary in New Mexico

The median airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in New Mexico earns $136,990 a year, 41% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $8,182 a month.

10th percentile
$117,080
25th percentile
$131,830
Median percentile
$136,990
75th percentile
$156,640
90th percentile
$172,330

Based on 50 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

$98,186 take-home a year
Gross pay$136,990
Federal income tax−$21,612
Social Security + Medicare−$10,480
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$6,713
Monthly take-home$8,182
Every two weeks$3,776

Does it go far here?

$148,560Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
13%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 airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers salaries · Take-home pay in New Mexico