SALARY · EDUCATIONAL, GUIDANCE, AND CAREER COUNSELORS AND ADVISORS · NEW MEXICO

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in New Mexico

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In New Mexico, educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earned a median of $77,880 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$77,880

$37 per hour at the median · That is $13,550 (21.1 percent) above the national median of $64,330 for this occupation.

$75,480Mean annual salary

$36Mean hourly wage

$1,780People employed in this job in New Mexico

Salary range

25th: $54,110Median: $77,88075th: $87,190

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$54,110
Median (50th percentile)	$77,880
75th percentile	$87,190
Mean	$75,480

The middle half of workers earned from $54,110 to $87,190 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

$63,619 a year

$5,302 a month

Federal tax $8,304 · FICA $5,958

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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