SOC 19-3022 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025

How much do Survey Researchers make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Survey Researchers in Albuquerque, NM is $60,820. The 10th percentile is $52,270 and the 90th percentile is $75,550. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$60,820

10th percentile
$52,270
25th percentile
$55,620
Median
$60,820
75th percentile
$65,620
90th percentile
$75,550
Mean
$63,330

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Survey Researchers, the published 10th percentile is $52,270 and the 90th percentile is $75,550. The difference is $23,280, which is 38.3% 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 $55,620 to the 75th at $65,620, covers $10,000.

The mean annual wage is $63,330, which sits above the median of $60,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 12.4% lower than the national median of $69,460 for Survey Researchers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,655, which is 8.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.9% lower than the New Mexico median of $61,380.

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 $60,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Survey Researchers at $63,655 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 Survey Researchers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Survey Researchers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (80 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.71 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Albuquerque, NM · Survey Researchers 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 Survey Researchers make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Survey Researchers in Albuquerque, NM is $60,820. The 10th percentile is $52,270 and the 90th percentile is $75,550. Employment is 80.

How does that compare with the national median for Survey Researchers?

The local median is 12.4% lower than the national median of $69,460.

What is Survey Researchers 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 $60,820 is $63,655. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.