SALARY · SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL · NEW MEXICO

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School salary in New Mexico

If New Mexico is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school was $76,420. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$76,420

Not published per hour at the median · That is $11,300 (17.4 percent) above the national median of $65,120 for this occupation.

$74,740Mean annual salary

Not publishedMean hourly wage

$880People employed in this job in New Mexico

Salary range

25th: $61,200Median: $76,42075th: $81,360

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$61,200
Median (50th percentile)	$76,420
75th percentile	$81,360
Mean	$74,740

The middle half of workers earned from $61,200 to $81,360 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$62,591 a year

$5,216 a month

Federal tax $7,982 · FICA $5,846

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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