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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in New Mexico

The median coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in New Mexico earns $45,730 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,057 a month.

10th percentile
$35,560
25th percentile
$38,220
Median percentile
$45,730
75th percentile
$50,050
90th percentile
$64,980

Based on 400 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

$36,683 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,730
Federal income tax−$3,308
Social Security + Medicare−$3,498
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$2,241
Monthly take-home$3,057
Every two weeks$1,411

Does it go far here?

$49,592Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
35%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 coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in New Mexico