SOC 47-2231 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Solar Photovoltaic Installers make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Solar Photovoltaic Installers in Albuquerque, NM is $59,800. The 10th percentile is $39,430 and the 90th percentile is $76,970. Employment is 120.

Median annual wage

$59,800

10th percentile
$39,430
25th percentile
$48,490
Median
$59,800
75th percentile
$63,900
90th percentile
$76,970
Mean
$57,820

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Solar Photovoltaic Installers, the published 10th percentile is $39,430 and the 90th percentile is $76,970. The difference is $37,540, which is 62.8% 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 $48,490 to the 75th at $63,900, covers $15,410.

The mean annual wage is $57,820, which sits below the median of $59,800. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 12.5% higher than the national median of $53,140 for Solar Photovoltaic Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,588, which is 17.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.3% higher than the New Mexico median of $48,490.

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 $59,800 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Solar Photovoltaic Installers at $62,588 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 Solar Photovoltaic Installers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Solar Photovoltaic Installers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (120 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.47 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 Solar Photovoltaic Installers make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Solar Photovoltaic Installers in Albuquerque, NM is $59,800. The 10th percentile is $39,430 and the 90th percentile is $76,970. Employment is 120.

How does that compare with the national median for Solar Photovoltaic Installers?

The local median is 12.5% higher than the national median of $53,140.

What is Solar Photovoltaic Installers 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 $59,800 is $62,588. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.