Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in New Mexico

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in New Mexico have a median of $46,450 a year, below the national $47,540 (−2%); the state ranks 27th of 51 states by median. That is about the same as the median across all occupations in New Mexico ($47,210). Among neighbouring states, Colorado, Arizona and Utah pay more (up to $48,690 in Colorado) and Texas and Oklahoma pay less (down to $39,660 in Oklahoma). New Mexico employs 25,430 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, 29.2 per 1,000 jobs, the 26th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 2.66 means the occupation is more concentrated in New Mexico than nationally.

New Mexico vs the United States, May 2025

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in New Mexico and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
New Mexico	Hourly	$16.28	$18.36	$22.33	$26.79	$29.72	$22.78	25,430	29.20	2.66
New Mexico	Annual	$33,870	$38,200	$46,450	$55,720	$61,820	$47,380	25,430	29.20	2.66
United States	Hourly	$16.00	$18.67	$22.86	$27.89	$31.90	$23.73	1,706,790	–	–
United States	Annual	$33,280	$38,830	$47,540	$58,000	$66,350	$49,350	1,706,790	–	–

New Mexico annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

Rank by median: 27th of 51 states
Rank by employment: 26th of 51 states
Location quotient: 2.66
Jobs per 1,000: 29.20

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of New Mexico's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in New Mexico

4 metropolitan areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas touching New Mexico publish a row for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Santa Fe, NM	$24.12	$50,170	$36,820	$75,940	2,410	39.01	3.55
Albuquerque, NM	$22.57	$46,950	$34,950	$61,820	11,020	27.24	2.48
Farmington, NM	$22.05	$45,860	$33,440	$59,000	1,250	26.23	2.39
Las Cruces, NM	$19.73	$41,030	$31,200	$56,190	2,360	29.52	2.69
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$22.86	$47,550	$34,230	$60,920	3,250	38.49	3.51
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$20.60	$42,850	$31,490	$59,500	4,470	26.84	2.45

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
New Mexico	$22.33	$46,450	25,430	2.66
Arizona	$23.05	$47,940	31,220	0.88
Colorado	$23.41	$48,690	29,120	0.92
Oklahoma	$19.07	$39,660	20,120	1.07
Texas	$21.70	$45,140	149,650	0.97
Utah	$22.62	$47,050	14,870	0.78

See the national page for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (every state ranked) and the New Mexico wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS New Mexico estimates.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.