SOC 17-2199 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Engineers, All Other make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engineers, All Other in Albuquerque, NM is $163,630. The 10th percentile is $94,950 and the 90th percentile is $203,280. Employment is 1,110.

Median annual wage

$163,630

10th percentile
$94,950
25th percentile
$124,070
Median
$163,630
75th percentile
$180,240
90th percentile
$203,280
Mean
$151,910

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A welder working in a workshop
A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Engineers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $94,950 and the 90th percentile is $203,280. The difference is $108,330, which is 66.2% 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 $124,070 to the 75th at $180,240, covers $56,170.

The mean annual wage is $151,910, which sits below the median of $163,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 33.1% higher than the national median of $122,930 for Engineers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $171,258, which is 39.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1% higher than the New Mexico median of $162,070.

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 $163,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Engineers, All Other at $171,258 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 Engineers, All Other. Albuquerque, 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).).

  • Las Cruces, NM is 193 miles away, with a median of $121,510 and employment of 220. That median is 25.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $134,694, against $171,258 here.

Employment share

Engineers, All Other accounts for 0.27% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (1,110 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (154,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.77 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Engineers, All Other make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engineers, All Other in Albuquerque, NM is $163,630. The 10th percentile is $94,950 and the 90th percentile is $203,280. Employment is 1,110.

How does that compare with the national median for Engineers, All Other?

The local median is 33.1% higher than the national median of $122,930.

What is Engineers, All Other pay in Albuquerque, NM after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $163,630 is $171,258. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Albuquerque, NM compare with nearby metros for Engineers, All Other?

Las Cruces, NM is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 193 miles away, at $121,510. Albuquerque, NM ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.