Insights / Therapy pay versus the U.S. median / New Mexico
Therapy pay in New Mexico
New Mexico therapy medians hug the country. The upper quarter is the only place an experienced offer moves.
The letter called New Mexico therapy pay competitive because the medians were in the same neighborhood as the country. Experienced candidates heard a median.
Physical therapists have a median of $106,880 against $102,760 nationally, 1.04 times the country, with 1,330 employed.
Upper-quarter pay is $128,110.
That is the wage if the req says experience.
Occupational therapists are slightly under the country at the median, $99,170 against $100,330, which is 0.99 times, across 1,030 jobs.
Their 75th percentile is still $120,960.
A median-only letter under the country will not reach the quarter you said you wanted.
Each occupation
1Physical Therapists
- State median
- $106,880
- 75th percentile
- $128,110
- U.S. median
- $102,760
- State vs U.S.
- 1.04
- State employment
- 1,330
2Occupational Therapists
- State median
- $99,170
- 75th percentile
- $120,960
- U.S. median
- $100,330
- State vs U.S.
- 0.99
- State employment
- 1,030
3Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $98,690
- 75th percentile
- $123,920
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 1.01
- State employment
- 1,250
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | 75th percentile | U.S. median | State vs U.S. | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Therapists | $106,880 | $128,110 | $102,760 | 1.04 | 1,330 |
| 2 | Occupational Therapists | $99,170 | $120,960 | $100,330 | 0.99 | 1,030 |
| 3 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $98,690 | $123,920 | $97,870 | 1.01 | 1,250 |
Takeaways
- On the speech-language row, pay is $98,690 against $97,870 nationally, 1.01 times the country, with 1,250 employed and a 75th percentile of $123,920.
- New Mexico is 6 of 51 on the physical-therapist sort. A mid-pack rank matches medians that barely clear the country.
- All three benches are near a thousand to thirteen hundred jobs. Another posting does not enlarge them.
- Use the occupational-therapist upper quarter when that license asks for experience. The median will not do it.
For recruiters
- Stop describing these medians as a premium. They are close to the country.
- Open the 75th percentile on any req that says experienced.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
Occupations are the fixed set named in the series, kept only when both the New Mexico median and the U.S. median are published. A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table. The article is omitted when fewer than 3 occupations qualify. OEWS May 2025. A comparison of 1.00 matches the U.S. median. Sorted by the Physical Therapists state median when that occupation qualifies, otherwise by the highest median in the table. New Mexico is 6 of 51. A row links to the New Mexico metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $106,880 is stated as about $106.9K. $102,760 is stated as about $102.8K. a comparison of 1.04 is stated as 4 percent. $128,110 is stated as about $128.1K. $98,690 is stated as about $98.7K. a comparison of 1.01 is stated as 1 percent. $97,870 is stated as about $97.9K. Rounded figures in the prose: $99,170 is stated as about $99.2K.
Sources
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