How much do Chief Executives make in Albuquerque, NM?

Percentile spread

For Chief Executives, the published 10th percentile is $43,710 and the 90th percentile is $295,330. The difference is $251,620, which is 203.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $45,870 to the 75th at $190,520, covers $144,650.

The mean annual wage is $143,670, which sits above the median of $123,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 42.3% lower than the national median of $213,990 for Chief Executives. In 2024 national prices the local median is $129,257, which is 39.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the New Mexico median of $123,500.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $123,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Chief Executives at $129,257 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Chief Executives in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Chief Executives accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (70 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (204,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.13 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.