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5 hardest-to-fill healthcare jobs in New Mexico
Nurse Practitioners in Albuquerque scores 7.6, and pay there is about $141.0K, 7% above the national median.
The New Mexico search to staff first is Nurse Practitioners in Albuquerque. Pay there is about $141.0K, 7% above the national median, and the score is 7.6 (hard).
Do not call Albuquerque empty: it has about as many of these workers as a typical metro, at 2.187 jobs per 1,000.
The bottom row in New Mexico is Physical Therapists in Albuquerque (5.7, elevated).
This New Mexico cut shows two hard-band rows.
For the hiring list, New Mexico all-industry openings were 3.5 in December 2025.
The national figure was 4.0.
For the hiring list, New Mexico came in under.
Each occupation and metro
1Nurse PractitionersAlbuquerque, NM
- Score
- 7.6
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 1.05
- Jobs per 1,000
- 2.187
- Metro median
- $140,950
- U.S. median
- $132,300
- Pay ratio
- 1.07
2Medical Records SpecialistsAlbuquerque, NM
- Score
- 7.0
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 1.53
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.911
- Metro median
- $60,020
- U.S. median
- $51,140
- Pay ratio
- 1.17
3Pharmacy TechniciansAlbuquerque, NM
- Score
- 6.2
- Band
- Elevated
- Location quotient
- 1.15
- Jobs per 1,000
- 3.491
- Metro median
- $46,630
- U.S. median
- $45,750
- Pay ratio
- 1.02
4Speech-Language PathologistsAlbuquerque, NM
- Score
- 6.1
- Band
- Elevated
- Location quotient
- 1.22
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.433
- Metro median
- $99,160
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- Pay ratio
- 1.01
5Physical TherapistsAlbuquerque, NM
- Score
- 5.7
- Band
- Elevated
- Location quotient
- 1.00
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.711
- Metro median
- $103,510
- U.S. median
- $102,760
- Pay ratio
- 1.01
Ranked table
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| Rank | Occupation | Metro | Score | Band | Location quotient | Jobs per 1,000 | Metro median | U.S. median | Pay ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Practitioners | Albuquerque, NM | 7.6 | Hard | 1.05 | 2.187 | $140,950 | $132,300 | 1.07 |
| 2 | Medical Records Specialists | Albuquerque, NM | 7.0 | Hard | 1.53 | 1.911 | $60,020 | $51,140 | 1.17 |
| 3 | Pharmacy Technicians | Albuquerque, NM | 6.2 | Elevated | 1.15 | 3.491 | $46,630 | $45,750 | 1.02 |
| 4 | Speech-Language Pathologists | Albuquerque, NM | 6.1 | Elevated | 1.22 | 1.433 | $99,160 | $97,870 | 1.01 |
| 5 | Physical Therapists | Albuquerque, NM | 5.7 | Elevated | 1.00 | 1.711 | $103,510 | $102,760 | 1.01 |
Takeaways
- Nurse Practitioners in Albuquerque is hard-band at 7.6.
- Local pay for that Albuquerque search is about $141.0K, 7% above the national median.
- The mix figure for Nurse Practitioners in Albuquerque is 1.05.
- New Mexico ends this cut on Physical Therapists in Albuquerque, score 5.7.
For recruiters
- Staff Nurse Practitioners in Albuquerque, NM first.
- Use the New Mexico rows under the lead as backups.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
The five rows are the five recruiting occupations on the hiring grid whose best scored metro page in New Mexico has the highest score. A state with fewer than five scored recruiting occupations is omitted. Pages under 500 local workers are not scored and are not eligible. A metro page is scored only when OEWS employment for that occupation is at least 500. Below that, the page stays up and is left off this ranking. Postsecondary teaching occupations and medical scientists are left off even when they are scored. Nominal weights, before a missing shortage match is rescaled, are projected openings divided by 2025 employment 18%, projected growth 22%, the metro median divided by the U.S. median 40%, how common the occupation is locally compared with the country 8% (the location-quotient column; a lower figure means a thinner local bench), a matching HRSA shortage designation 8%, and statewide all-industry JOLTS for December 2025 4%. Bands are Standard under 4, Elevated from 4 up to 7, and Hard at 7 and above. The New Mexico total-nonfarm job openings rate for December 2025 is 3.5. The U.S. rate is 4.0. Both are all-industry JOLTS rates. Rounded figures in the prose: $140,950 is stated as about $141.0K. a comparison of 1.07 is stated as 7 percent. $132,300 is stated as about $132.3K.
Sources
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics · May 2025
- BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, total nonfarm · December 2025
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