New Mexico H-1B salaries

Employers filed 3,226 certified H-1B applications for jobs in New Mexico between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. Half paid more than $85,550 a year.

Median salary offered: $85,550
Middle half earn: $64,852 to $109,179
Top 10% earn over: $181,742
Certified filings: 3,226

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

Top employers

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle half
Intel Corporation	275	$92,040	$90,272 – $109,179
Triad National Security, LLC	257	$107,640	$101,128 – $147,000
Presbyterian Healthcare Services	246	$212,500	$88,171 – $314,849
University of New Mexico	234	$75,605	$61,008 – $119,132
New Mexico State University	103	$75,000	$60,000 – $92,000
Speridian Technologies, LLC	81	$78,675	$75,000 – $94,374
Grants / Cibola County Schools	77	$53,000	$53,000 – $55,000
Hobbs Municipal Schools	66	$57,750	$52,000 – $63,024
Mission Achievement and Success Charter School	65	$72,230	$64,920 – $73,350
Ntess LLC	50	$98,500	$95,500 – $147,575
Central Consolidated School District	48	$54,500	$54,000 – $55,500
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp	47	$102,918	$87,682 – $110,854
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	44	$64,636	$59,934 – $76,530
Espanola Public Schools	42	$52,500	$52,500 – $55,000
Eastern New Mexico University	35	$64,000	$62,000 – $70,000
Flint Healthcare Inc.	31	$91,278	$82,514 – $102,783
Santa Fe Public Schools	31	$50,000	$50,000 – $55,000
UNM Hospital	29	$67,280	$67,018 – $91,624
Zuni Public School District	28	$59,531	$57,820 – $59,531
Learnbeyond Consulting, LLC.	26	$80,464	$80,142 – $93,834
Grandison Management, Inc.	25	$65,374	$64,522 – $66,144
Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Texas, PLLC	24	$317,013	$317,013 – $317,034
Gallup McKinley County Schools	23	$69,214	$57,678 – $79,574
State of New Mexico	23	$73,568	$66,880 – $81,349
Relivetek Inc.	22	$71,968	$71,968 – $79,768
Ruidoso Municipal Schools	21	$51,500	$50,000 – $55,000
Mitecs Inc.	21	$77,230	$72,717 – $80,000
National Radio Astronomy Observatory	17	$83,491	$81,099 – $90,015
Belen Consolidated Schools	16	$63,090	$60,430 – $69,836
Conexus Medstaff LLC	16	$58,240	$58,240 – $58,240
Technosoft Corporation	14	$75,379	$71,968 – $81,266
Bernalillo Public Schools	14	$59,800	$59,800 – $84,378
Nor Lea Hospital District	14	$307,500	$143,296 – $360,000
Navajo Technical University	13	$56,350	$49,000 – $56,350
Masoud Khorsand-Sahbaie, M.D., P.A.	13	$300,000	$220,000 – $400,000
Pinnacle Staffing Solutions, LLC	13	$68,000	$68,000 – $68,000
City of Clovis Board of Education School District 1	12	$58,648	$58,648 – $58,648
New Mexico Military Institute	12	$76,875	$64,663 – $87,432
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.	11	$94,702	$89,450 – $95,368
Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company	10	$88,000	$86,650 – $90,975
Public Service Company of New Mexico	10	$93,850	$87,974 – $109,559
Albuquerque School of Excellence	10	$78,741	$71,085 – $84,196
Deloitte Consulting LLP	10	$136,600	$112,228 – $162,013
Socorro Consolidated Schools	10	$56,650	$54,678 – $58,530
Curia Global, Inc.	10	$98,176	$87,112 – $122,042
Las Cruces Public Schools	10	$59,085	$55,571 – $59,085
Jemez Mountain Public Schools	9	$71,737	$70,000 – $72,000
Las Cruces Physician Practices, LLC	9	$239,200	$239,200 – $239,200
Bestcare Highland LLC	9	$55,120	$52,499 – $95,638
Global Touchpoints, Inc.	9	$105,680	$102,000 – $114,200

Top job titles

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle half
Process Engineer	220	$90,272	$90,272 – $105,227
Public School Teacher	195	$55,000	$53,000 – $59,800
Assistant Professor	163	$97,413	$76,234 – $137,125
Postdoctoral Research Associate	127	$101,405	$99,029 – $105,487
Software Engineer	95	$85,000	$75,000 – $103,048
Software Developer	62	$80,142	$78,998 – $95,420
Hospitalist Physician	61	$314,849	$308,672 – $317,013
Scientist 2	60	$148,825	$144,000 – $154,643
Java Developer	50	$80,142	$77,672 – $97,562
Special Education Teacher	46	$64,602	$58,648 – $76,070
Secondary School Teacher	31	$72,710	$67,970 – $73,350
Physical Therapist	29	$67,000	$64,522 – $80,850
Elementary Teacher	27	$55,000	$55,000 – $67,199
Medical Technologist	25	$58,240	$58,240 – $59,280
Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	18	$102,918	$102,918 – $102,918
Scientist 3	17	$170,462	$165,000 – $173,498
Middle School Teacher	16	$68,162	$56,125 – $70,185
Teacher	16	$58,648	$58,391 – $70,000
Elementary School Teacher	15	$63,683	$57,201 – $68,232
Research Assistant Professor	15	$76,267	$71,900 – $83,444
Physician	14	$364,000	$303,750 – $457,000
Industrial Engineer	14	$86,118	$79,297 – $97,469
Senior Associate JC60 -Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	14	$85,550	$85,550 – $88,748
Secondary Teacher	14	$71,357	$57,678 – $80,750
Quality Reliability Engineer	13	$110,302	$97,469 – $116,459
Director's Postdoctoral Fellow	13	$105,487	$101,405 – $107,500
General Dentist	13	$116,979	$116,979 – $121,763
Project Manager	12	$92,250	$79,334 – $120,395
Postdoctoral Fellow	12	$61,007	$56,742 – $63,297
Post Doctoral	12	$59,000	$54,853 – $62,160
Analytics Associate IV	11	$92,664	$84,354 – $98,488
Elementary Bilingual Teacher	11	$52,500	$51,250 – $55,000
RN Inpatient III	11	$67,018	$67,018 – $67,018
High School Math Teacher	10	$55,220	$52,569 – $56,794
Teacher, Special Education	10	$55,250	$54,000 – $55,500
Scientist II	10	$144,000	$137,250 – $145,550
Occupational Therapist	10	$66,144	$65,566 – $69,347
Elementary Special Education Teacher	10	$53,535	$50,375 – $54,570
Special Education Elementary Teacher	9	$52,500	$51,500 – $52,500
Internal Medicine Physician	9	$242,069	$220,000 – $260,000
Manufacturing Engineer	9	$97,469	$82,014 – $109,179
Family Medicine Physician	9	$250,000	$250,000 – $275,017
Nephrologist	9	$260,000	$260,000 – $300,000
Data Analyst	9	$71,573	$66,880 – $85,696
Lecturer III	9	$62,400	$62,400 – $106,000
Post Doctoral Fellow	9	$56,368	$53,851 – $61,008
Research Scientist	9	$82,160	$71,455 – $100,000
Medical Laboratory Scientist	8	$68,214	$65,166 – $73,736
Software Application Developer	8	$71,984	$70,226 – $75,608
Dentist	8	$166,400	$140,652 – $180,500

Cities

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
Albuquerque, NM	1,202	$90,000	$72,518 – $120,135
Rio Rancho, NM	337	$95,701	$90,272 – $110,219
Santa Fe, NM	282	$80,071	$70,117 – $94,702
Los Alamos, NM	266	$107,500	$101,128 – $147,000
Las Cruces, NM	170	$80,038	$60,000 – $109,285
Hobbs, NM	99	$63,024	$53,000 – $66,144
Grants, NM	80	$53,000	$53,000 – $55,000
Socorro, NM	65	$68,991	$59,107 – $82,000
Espanola, NM	55	$55,000	$52,500 – $58,240
Roswell, NM	45	$113,194	$67,650 – $350,000
Alamogordo, NM	45	$91,278	$78,000 – $105,560
Portales, NM	36	$64,000	$62,000 – $70,000
Clovis, NM	31	$76,000	$58,648 – $116,979
Zuni, NM	29	$59,531	$57,820 – $59,531
Shiprock, NM	26	$55,500	$54,250 – $55,500
Carlsbad, NM	25	$105,706	$77,600 – $173,260
Los Lunas, NM	25	$105,082	$65,000 – $118,934
Farmington, NM	22	$83,214	$76,315 – $169,765
Ruidoso, NM	22	$51,500	$50,000 – $55,000
Silver City, NM	21	$68,000	$68,000 – $68,000
Gallup, NM	20	$69,607	$60,544 – $91,116
Lovington, NM	17	$91,062	$66,144 – $360,000
Deming, NM	15	$56,954	$56,954 – $99,820
Kirtland, NM	14	$54,000	$54,000 – $55,125
Crownpoint, NM	14	$56,350	$49,000 – $59,388
Taos, NM	13	$72,800	$65,395 – $77,376
Newcomb, NM	13	$54,000	$54,000 – $55,500
Bernalillo, NM	12	$59,800	$59,800 – $63,225
Las Vegas, NM	12	$55,470	$52,777 – $57,075
Cuba, NM	11	$63,000	$58,946 – $65,560
Belen, NM	10	$62,314	$56,206 – $74,552
Santa Teresa, NM	9	$103,000	$100,000 – $115,000
Artesia, NM	9	$136,989	$94,640 – $154,530
Tierra Amarilla, NM	7	$60,360	$60,360 – $72,191
Vanadium, NM	7	$88,800	$87,550 – $92,850
Jemez Pueblo, NM	7	$85,000	$70,500 – $85,500
Clayton, NM	7	$59,280	$51,355 – $65,697
Raton, NM	6	$70,439	$50,024 – $102,196
Mora, NM	5	$52,466	$52,446 – $75,000
Tucumcari, NM	5	$58,240	$58,240 – $58,240

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	199	$90,189
2024	1,099	$82,160
2025	1,144	$87,540
2026	784	$86,250