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Mechanical Drafters pay in New Hampshire and New Mexico
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Mechanical Drafters is $55,390 per year in New Hampshire. It is $89,940 per year in New Mexico. New Hampshire is 38.4% below New Mexico on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3013 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in New Hampshire and 90 in New Mexico. 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