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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers salary in New Mexico

The median inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in New Mexico earns $49,500 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,294 a month.

10th percentile
$36,080
25th percentile
$42,580
Median percentile
$49,500
75th percentile
$63,510
90th percentile
$81,340

Based on 1,550 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

$39,528 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,500
Federal income tax−$3,760
Social Security + Medicare−$3,787
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$2,426
Monthly take-home$3,294
Every two weeks$1,520

Does it go far here?

$53,681Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
32%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 inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers salaries · Take-home pay in New Mexico