How much do Physical Scientists, All Other make in Albuquerque, NM?

Percentile spread

For Physical Scientists, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $74,730 and the 90th percentile is $192,480. The difference is $117,750, which is 96.6% 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 $94,040 to the 75th at $159,850, covers $65,810.

The mean annual wage is $126,750, which sits above the median of $121,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 0.6% lower than the national median of $122,570 for Physical Scientists, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $127,572, which is 4.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.6% lower than the New Mexico median of $123,820.

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 $121,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Physical Scientists, All Other at $127,572 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 Physical Scientists, All Other in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Physical Scientists, All Other accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (160 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (22,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.76 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.