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Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area

284 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 3500006.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

All 284 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011550$88,8800.70
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012190$98,0201.33
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 25-301130$57,1801.51
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091170$30,8000.81
Animal Caretakers 39-202170$35,0000.47
Animal Control Workers 33-901160$35,9809.30
Anthropologists and Archeologists 19-309130$73,6406.56
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302150$45,2000.56
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023480$41,6901.25
Bakers 51-3011100$33,1200.79
Bartenders 35-3011300$34,8300.74
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021130$43,3700.61
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-102940$88,9401.45
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031740$47,0501.00
Budget Analysts 13-2031Not available$99,510
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051240$52,5301.11
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-3052110$40,7001.26
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031140$52,6500.87
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199790$81,6201.33
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302160$39,7300.86
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020160$69,4800.61
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194350$59,1505.73
Carpenters 47-2031210$47,1800.59
Cashiers 41-20112,310$29,6901.38
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205150$48,3500.41
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$66,0800.53
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021260$55,1601.24
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011270$35,7400.94
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-3022110$58,1202.89
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051100$116,4600.48
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-706190$27,0900.43
Clergy 21-201140$65,6901.25
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010160$56,4100.90
Coaches and Scouts 27-202240$49,8000.26
Community Health Workers 21-109460$41,0601.84
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114140$102,8300.63
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041200$63,8100.90
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124150$132,5700.50
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-1231100$59,0701.22
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299380Not available1.59
Computer Programmers 15-125140$104,7800.73
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211160$103,5200.57
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232260$53,5200.67
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021140$176,7100.39
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103150$77,2303.57
Construction Laborers 47-2061500$38,5100.84
Construction Managers 11-9021120$118,5700.56
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401130$60,5000.41
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012420$36,5401.76
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014720$35,1900.94
Cooks, Short Order 35-201580$37,4501.09
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012640$46,4303.11
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021170$34,3100.80
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031180$46,4901.81
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051640$36,8700.45
Database Administrators 15-124240Not available1.16
Dental Assistants 31-9091200$45,8000.97
Dental Hygienists 29-1292100$98,6000.79
Dentists, General 29-102150$205,3700.75
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302150$68,9300.84
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103140$75,7100.83
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011260$27,5800.87
Dishwashers 35-9021310$29,1201.18
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503270$43,6800.63
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031260$26,7301.15
Education Administrators, All Other 11-9039110$112,1603.69
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032290$107,4001.63
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-9033110$106,1601.14
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-9099120$58,8401.87
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012220$81,6901.15
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-905190$78,2701.23
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-3023210Not available4.11
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209460$79,9701.61
Electricians 47-2111350$59,5200.86
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021780$75,8201.04
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406170$53,4400.85
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042210$36,9202.13
Emergency Medicine Physicians 29-121440$434,9802.52
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 17-3029540Not available16.73
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-2199630$162,0707.57
Environmental Engineers 17-208190$115,1904.26
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-404260$65,1002.98
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-2041170$104,3003.47
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011270$76,3401.07
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903160$36,0800.35
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301340Not available0.51
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121590$308,5901.50
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209260$32,6400.43
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209360$47,7203.20
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,820$28,5300.87
File Clerks 43-407130$39,0400.78
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031160$118,5900.36
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209970$50,0900.92
Firefighters 33-2011300$37,5901.62
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011350$66,4600.79
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-1011110$63,3803.64
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102190$56,6601.63
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012560$41,3800.85
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011120$42,3901.26
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101240$62,0300.62
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011390$67,1101.15
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101240$63,0100.34
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011710$59,5400.91
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102230$50,8600.53
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012180$80,9602.09
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011150$56,2000.41
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other 33-109940$61,7603.49
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011770$45,3101.26
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-1091130$94,7702.93
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047210$47,0800.63
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021770$30,5201.59
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041100$34,9200.63
Food Service Managers 11-905180$61,9400.64
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-4071280$52,42017.02
Fundraisers 13-113130$63,2300.52
Gambling Cage Workers 43-304170Not available8.34
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers 41-201270$31,5005.87
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,190$94,9200.63
Graphic Designers 27-102440$55,2900.41
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 51-902240$26,4606.59
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501230$27,6600.21
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 47-4041120$54,0104.35
Health Education Specialists 21-109150$53,2601.52
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 29-902170$41,3403.25
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209950$42,6800.53
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-211150$148,7804.05
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022100$74,3800.98
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909970$53,8501.23
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-902160$45,1500.27
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032470$49,4000.42
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909850$31,9700.94
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 47-301540$36,9701.58
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051390$47,7504.61
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11204,900$27,5002.10
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031190$28,9600.79
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081510$29,0303.60
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416130$46,8500.66
Human Resources Managers 11-3121100$124,3000.79
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071470$76,1700.95
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-904150$63,4900.21
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-705160$39,8400.14
Information Security Analysts 15-1212870$157,6608.37
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-4199170$54,5202.30
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-906190$78,0500.27
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909940$55,3300.38
Instructional Coordinators 25-903130$68,2900.26
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021130$44,9100.51
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,510$37,0701.26
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-907170$42,5705.78
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 23-102340$126,9603.35
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012130$75,2602.14
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062420$35,8200.26
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011460$37,3100.89
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011140$29,4501.34
Lawyers 23-1011180$115,1900.44
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012120$52,8301.41
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402290$56,8201.21
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412130$34,1300.73
Library Technicians 25-4031110$37,4703.05
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061220$64,9700.61
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092110$32,3901.24
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033230$37,2100.44
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413180$39,5000.87
Loan Officers 13-207260$65,8700.39
Lodging Managers 11-908150$75,6202.36
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1081170$98,4301.26
Machinists 51-404150$85,3500.34
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012850$28,5601.83
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,290$41,6401.55
Management Analysts 13-1111570$99,5701.17
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199350$132,3001.05
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-116190$77,6000.18
Marketing Managers 11-2021100$156,4200.46
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-21411,120$157,7106.93
Medical Assistants 31-9092420$40,2000.95
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072160$52,9801.52
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013290$41,9200.56
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111340$127,8201.05
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102360$61,9200.88
Meter Readers, Utilities 43-504150$56,9504.38
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022340$74,0901.00
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-209060$38,1600.08
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304250$44,9100.57
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309950$63,7102.04
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912140Not available0.68
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244100$97,9000.61
Nuclear Engineers 17-2161220Not available26.50
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171120$133,4400.67
Nursing Assistants 31-1131550$43,4700.70
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011130$88,3101.75
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 19-5012110$107,6806.78
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112260$101,5200.65
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,100$37,9400.82
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073280$50,4001.07
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-706480$26,3500.26
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214130$51,3900.28
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201160$59,1500.29
Paramedics 29-2043140$48,8202.54
Parts Salespersons 41-2022120$33,6700.81
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-2071170$44,6807.49
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305170$54,5900.78
Pharmacists 29-1051180$151,8601.03
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052220$47,0100.86
Phlebotomists 31-909750$43,7500.66
Physical Therapist Aides 31-202230$38,8001.16
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202150$77,4800.83
Physical Therapists 29-1123100$114,9400.69
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107160$135,2000.63
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229230$255,5301.22
Physicists 19-2012200$160,09017.61
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152160$51,0200.65
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051690$59,3901.89
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051150$59,7303.75
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-505290$55,4900.50
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 11-913140$90,2104.94
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-1199280$75,4003.47
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011400$63,5601.55
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109290$60,0101.84
Procurement Clerks 43-306190Not available2.81
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506170Not available0.35
Project Management Specialists 13-1082590$157,3001.02
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-2020110$48,4503.54
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141120$74,0700.73
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-9099190$96,9604.30
Psychiatric Technicians 29-2053Not available$61,660
Public Relations Managers 11-203240$119,8400.88
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031120$71,3500.79
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031120$40,5602.11
Purchasing Managers 11-306140$157,4100.80
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034150$92,2901.16
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902270$101,5200.62
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171360$34,9300.72
Recreation Workers 39-9032100$34,7800.53
Recreational Therapists 29-112560$45,3607.22
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081130$37,4601.61
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,350$97,2300.74
Residential Advisors 39-904140$37,0800.79
Respiratory Therapists 29-112650$71,5400.67
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,820$31,6100.86
Roofers 47-218140$49,3500.55
Sales Managers 11-202260$112,1200.18
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091170$93,7100.24
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012130$43,3200.19
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401130$152,5000.21
School Bus Monitors 33-909430$38,7400.76
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-20311,000$75,5001.72
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60143,250$47,5503.51
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303160$58,5400.24
Security Guards 33-90321,050$46,1601.51
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021220$45,5201.22
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071230$37,6600.51
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053360$31,0002.64
Social Workers, All Other 21-102930$90,1900.95
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151Not available$74,920
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093390$47,7501.64
Software Developers 15-1252480$125,8700.53
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-125390$125,6800.89
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052110$76,2300.79
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205770$73,0501.32
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 25-205150$80,2503.01
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058140$78,9501.56
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112790$96,4300.88
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 51-802130$49,2802.11
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,520$36,2900.99
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018210$65,2500.78
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031350$36,4301.22
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303170$47,3002.15
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 43-201150$36,6402.50
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-3099120$84,0901.95
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045920$36,2101.19
Technical Writers 27-304290Not available3.71
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202240$64,2300.54
Tellers 43-3071200$36,7901.12
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309380$31,3001.42
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209350$53,6401.90
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-7010130$30,3804.37
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151190$71,9100.75
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307130$102,4800.25
Tutors 25-304150$34,1900.57
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305140$77,7101.69
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205640$35,1400.59
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,010$33,8000.82
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031260$38,7803.71
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-412190$70,8600.42