SOC 29-1223 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Psychiatrists make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Psychiatrists in Albuquerque, NM is $236,320. The 10th percentile is $51,750 and the 90th percentile is $413,670. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$236,320

10th percentile
$51,750
25th percentile
$236,320
Median
$236,320
75th percentile
$335,280
90th percentile
$413,670
Mean
$246,300

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Psychiatrists, the published 10th percentile is $51,750 and the 90th percentile is $413,670. The difference is $361,920, which is 153.1% 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 $236,320 to the 75th at $335,280, covers $98,960.

The mean annual wage is $246,300, which sits above the median of $236,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 16.2% lower than the national median of $281,870 for Psychiatrists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $247,336, which is 12.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.8% higher than the New Mexico median of $227,730.

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 $236,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Psychiatrists at $247,336 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 Psychiatrists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Albuquerque, NM · Psychiatrists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Psychiatrists make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Psychiatrists in Albuquerque, NM is $236,320. The 10th percentile is $51,750 and the 90th percentile is $413,670.

How does that compare with the national median for Psychiatrists?

The local median is 16.2% lower than the national median of $281,870.

What is Psychiatrists 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 $236,320 is $247,336. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.