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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists hiring difficulty in Albuquerque, NM

The public market difficulty score for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Albuquerque, NM is 4.7 out of 10, in the elevated band. This occupation is a smaller share of jobs in Albuquerque than it is nationwide. The location quotient is 0.60 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The metro median is $67,100 a year, under the U.S. median of $103,410 and within 3 percent of the New Mexico median of $67,100 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In New Mexico, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 3.5%, below the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 33.6 days, shorter than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). OEWS counts 270 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Albuquerque. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places Albuquerque at rank 56 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.