How much do Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers make in Farmington, NM?

Percentile spread

For Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $34,240 and the 90th percentile is $107,000. The difference is $72,760, which is 91.1% 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 $34,240 to the 75th at $102,890, covers $68,650.

The mean annual wage is $75,920, which sits below the median of $79,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Farmington, NM median is 24.8% lower than the national median of $106,220 for Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $91,087, which is 14.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Farmington, NM is 87.707, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers at $91,087 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 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.