SALARY · OPERATING ENGINEERS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OPERATORS · NEW MEXICO

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in New Mexico

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In New Mexico, operating engineers and other construction equipment operators sat at a median of $52,000 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$52,000

$25 per hour at the median · That is $7,850 (13.1 percent) below the national median of $59,850 for this occupation.

$54,810Mean annual salary
$26Mean hourly wage
$5,520People employed in this job in New Mexico

Salary range

25th: $47,470Median: $52,00075th: $60,090
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$47,470
Median (50th percentile)$52,000
75th percentile$60,090
Mean$54,810

The middle half of workers earned from $47,470 to $60,090 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$43,962 a year
$3,664 a month
Federal tax $4,060 · FICA $3,978

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for New Mexico is not included, because the full 2026 state table for New Mexico has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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