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Architectural and Engineering Managers pay in New Mexico and Texas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Architectural and Engineering Managers is $215,120 per year in New Mexico. It is $171,370 per year in Texas. New Mexico is 25.5% above Texas on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,270 wage and salary jobs in New Mexico and 19,030 in Texas. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings