SOC 17-3027 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Albuquerque, NM is $98,440. The 10th percentile is $52,300 and the 90th percentile is $122,690. Employment is 180.

Median annual wage

$98,440

10th percentile
$52,300
25th percentile
$69,870
Median
$98,440
75th percentile
$118,510
90th percentile
$122,690
Mean
$91,320

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $52,300 and the 90th percentile is $122,690. The difference is $70,390, which is 71.5% 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 $69,870 to the 75th at $118,510, covers $48,640.

The mean annual wage is $91,320, which sits below the median of $98,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 32.1% higher than the national median of $74,510 for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $103,029, which is 38.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.9% higher than the New Mexico median of $97,560.

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 $98,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $103,029 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 Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (180 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (36,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.91 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 Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Albuquerque, NM is $98,440. The 10th percentile is $52,300 and the 90th percentile is $122,690. Employment is 180.

How does that compare with the national median for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians?

The local median is 32.1% higher than the national median of $74,510.

What is Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 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 $98,440 is $103,029. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.