How much do Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators make in Santa Fe, NM?

Percentile spread

For Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators, the published 10th percentile is $61,760 and the 90th percentile is $110,470. The difference is $48,710, which is 54.7% 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 $74,730 to the 75th at $99,330, covers $24,600.

The mean annual wage is $88,350, which sits below the median of $89,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Fe, NM median is 14.1% higher than the national median of $78,000 for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $90,121, which is 15.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 31% higher than the New Mexico median of $67,930.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Santa Fe, NM is 98.767, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $89,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators at $90,121 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators. Santa Fe, NM ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Albuquerque, NM is 39 miles away, with a median of $62,990 and employment of 950. That median is 29.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,926, against $90,121 here.

Employment share

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Fe, NM (50 of 61,770). Nationally the occupation is 0.21% of employment (324,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.39 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.