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Average First-Line Supervisors Of Food Preparation And Serving Workers Salary in New Mexico

First-Line Supervisors Of Food Preparation And Serving Workers in New Mexico earn a median annual salary of $39,670, which is -5.6% compared to the national median. There are 6,410 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for New Mexico (state).

$39,670
New Mexico median annual wage
$19/hour median
-5.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $42,010
6,410
Local employment
7.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.97
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$30,160
25th
$34,270
Median
$39,670
75th
$48,720
90th
$61,920

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in New Mexico, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
92.2%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$43,020
Goods: 96.1%
Services: 77.9%
Rents: 73.6%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$56,350Compare2,850
Washington$49,850Compare21,360
Hawaii$49,820Compare6,590
Connecticut$49,480Compare10,360
Rhode Island$49,000Compare3,470
Delaware$48,700Compare4,130

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in New Mexico

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Pediatricians, General$237,9500.96
Podiatrists$227,1301.04
Architectural And Engineering Managers$215,7301.53
Nurse Anesthetists$214,810N/A
Dentists, All Other Specialists$210,3701.46
Computer And Information Research Scientists$178,120N/A
Physicists$175,9606.48
Dentists, General$171,7301.04

New Mexico has salary data for 636 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Pediatricians, General.

Historical series

Trend for First-Line Supervisors Of Food Preparation And Serving Workers in New Mexico

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, First-Line Supervisors Of Food Preparation And Serving Workers are projected to change by +6.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 183,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.