# Counties in New Mexico by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 33 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Los Alamos County | 2,270 |
| 2 | Eddy County | 1,529 |
| 3 | Lea County | 1,380 |
| 4 | Bernalillo County | 1,266 |
| 5 | Santa Fe County | 1,238 |
| 6 | Sandoval County | 1,182 |
| 7 | San Juan County | 1,131 |
| 8 | Hidalgo County | 1,121 |
| 9 | Grant County | 1,105 |
| 10 | Torrance County | 1,083 |
| 11 | Socorro County | 1,034 |
| 12 | Doña Ana County | 1,005 |
| 13 | Luna County | 1,000 |
| 14 | Otero County | 993 |
| 15 | Valencia County | 988 |
| 16 | Rio Arriba County | 970 |
| 17 | Cibola County | 965 |
| 18 | Mora County | 960 |
| 19 | Harding County | 959 |
| 20 | McKinley County | 946 |
| 21 | Chaves County | 944 |
| 22 | Curry County | 938 |
| 23 | Union County | 928 |
| 24 | Taos County | 916 |
| 25 | Roosevelt County | 908 |
| 26 | Catron County | 890 |
| 27 | Lincoln County | 882 |
| 28 | De Baca County | 879 |
| 28 | Sierra County | 879 |
| 30 | San Miguel County | 870 |
| 31 | Quay County | 866 |
| 32 | Colfax County | 863 |
| 33 | Guadalupe County | 836 |