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Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service salary in New Mexico

The median mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service in New Mexico earns $40,080 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,702 a month.

10th percentile
$33,340
25th percentile
$34,640
Median percentile
$40,080
75th percentile
$44,530
90th percentile
$48,370

Based on 100 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

$32,420 take-home a year
Gross pay$40,080
Federal income tax−$2,630
Social Security + Medicare−$3,066
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$1,964
Monthly take-home$2,702
Every two weeks$1,247

Does it go far here?

$43,465Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
39%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 mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service salaries · Take-home pay in New Mexico