How much do food preparation workers make in Santa Fe, NM?

What the Food Preparation Workers median says in Santa Fe, NM

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Food Preparation Workers median in Santa Fe, NM at $36,120 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 35-2021 and BLS area 42140.

BLS lists 560 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $36,570 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Santa Fe, NM's Food Preparation Workers median is 2.3% above the U.S. Food Preparation Workers median of $35,320 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 35-2021 with area 42140

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 35-2021 and area 42140. SOC 35-2021 names Food Preparation Workers. Area 42140 names Santa Fe, NM. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 35-2021/42140 row has 560 wage and salary jobs. There are 9.06 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.58. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 35-2021/42140, the annual median is $36,120 per year, while the matching mean is $36,570 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 35-2021/42140 10th percentile: $30,250 per year.
• 35-2021/42140 25th percentile: $34,490 per year.
• 35-2021/42140 median: $36,120 per year.
• 35-2021/42140 75th percentile: $38,570 per year.
• 35-2021/42140 90th percentile: $40,370 per year.
• 35-2021/42140 employment RSE: 12.9%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.4%.
• 35-2021/42140 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 42140 facts behind this Food Preparation Workers page

Area 42140 reports 61,770 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $62,760. Its annual median is $48,710. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 35-2021 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Santa Fe, NM runs from $30,780 at the 10th percentile to $107,200 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,630. The median is $48,710. The 75th percentile is $75,750. This is a place check, not a pay range for Food Preparation Workers.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 42140. They do not show related skills or a path into Food Preparation Workers.

• 1. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Area: 42140. SOC: 43-6014. Jobs: 2,410. Yearly median: $50,170. Jobs per 1,000: 39.01. Location quotient: 3.55.
• 2. Retail Salespersons. Area: 42140. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 2,320. Yearly median: $35,960. Jobs per 1,000: 37.54. Location quotient: 1.5.
• 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 42140. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 1,950. Yearly median: $30,810. Jobs per 1,000: 31.51. Location quotient: 1.27.
• 4. Waiters and Waitresses. Area: 42140. SOC: 35-3031. Jobs: 1,680. Yearly median: $46,640. Jobs per 1,000: 27.28. Location quotient: 1.87.
• 5. General and Operations Managers. Area: 42140. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 1,630. Yearly median: $106,770. Jobs per 1,000: 26.39. Location quotient: 1.17.
• 6. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 42140. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 1,470. Yearly median: $31,540. Jobs per 1,000: 23.78. Location quotient: 0.86.

Read the Santa Fe, NM wage ladder for Food Preparation Workers

The 10th percentile is $30,250 per year. The 25th percentile is $34,490 per year. The median is $36,120 per year. The 75th percentile is $38,570 per year. The 90th percentile is $40,370 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $34,490 per year to $38,570 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $10,120. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Santa Fe, NM with its state and the U.S.

Santa Fe, NM has a annual median of $36,120 per year. New Mexico has $33,370 per year. The U.S. row has $35,320 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Santa Fe, NM is 8.2% above New Mexico on the same published median. Santa Fe, NM is 2.3% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Santa Fe, NM sits for Food Preparation Workers

Santa Fe, NM ranks 86 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual median for Food Preparation Workers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 86 of 393 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 83. Eugene-Springfield, OR. The Food Preparation Workers median is $36,160 per year. BLS estimates 980 jobs. The location quotient is 1.09.
• 84. Ithaca, NY. The Food Preparation Workers median is $36,140 per year. BLS estimates 280 jobs. The location quotient is 1.
• 85. Omaha, NE-IA. The Food Preparation Workers median is $36,140 per year. BLS estimates 3,690 jobs. The location quotient is 1.29.
• 87. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. The Food Preparation Workers median is $36,090 per year. BLS estimates 17,060 jobs. The location quotient is 1.03.
• 88. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The Food Preparation Workers median is $36,090 per year. BLS estimates 19,630 jobs. The location quotient is 1.21.
• 89. Springfield, MA. The Food Preparation Workers median is $36,020 per year. BLS estimates 810 jobs. The location quotient is 0.7.

Where Food Preparation Workers medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 35-2021, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has the highest published median in this set, at $46,680 per year. Santa Fe, NM sits at $36,120 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Food Preparation Workers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Food Preparation Workers median of $46,680 per year, or $10,560 above Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 720 jobs there, compared with 560 in Santa Fe, NM. The location quotient is 1.7.
• 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Food Preparation Workers median of $45,580 per year, or $9,460 above Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 5,930 jobs there, compared with 560 in Santa Fe, NM. The location quotient is 0.91.
• 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Food Preparation Workers median of $43,830 per year, or $7,710 above Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 11,060 jobs there, compared with 560 in Santa Fe, NM. The location quotient is 0.92.
• 4. Napa, CA has a Food Preparation Workers median of $42,810 per year, or $6,690 above Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 620 jobs there, compared with 560 in Santa Fe, NM. The location quotient is 1.39.
• 5. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Food Preparation Workers median of $42,640 per year, or $6,520 above Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 1,410 jobs there, compared with 560 in Santa Fe, NM. The location quotient is 1.19.
• 6. Yakima, WA has a Food Preparation Workers median of $41,750 per year, or $5,630 above Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 600 jobs there, compared with 560 in Santa Fe, NM. The location quotient is 1.07.
• 7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Food Preparation Workers median of $41,000 per year, or $4,880 above Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 14,470 jobs there, compared with 560 in Santa Fe, NM. The location quotient is 1.06.
• 8. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA has a Food Preparation Workers median of $40,140 per year, or $4,020 above Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 510 jobs there, compared with 560 in Santa Fe, NM. The location quotient is 1.35.

Where BLS counts the most Food Preparation Workers jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Food Preparation Workers in this same-source set, at 63,530 jobs. Santa Fe, NM has 560. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 63,530 estimated Food Preparation Workers jobs, a gap of 62,970 jobs from Santa Fe, NM. Its median is $35,670 per year, or $450 below Santa Fe, NM. Its location quotient is 1.16.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 44,930 estimated Food Preparation Workers jobs, a gap of 44,370 jobs from Santa Fe, NM. Its median is $39,770 per year, or $3,650 above Santa Fe, NM. Its location quotient is 1.25.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 27,100 estimated Food Preparation Workers jobs, a gap of 26,540 jobs from Santa Fe, NM. Its median is $35,410 per year, or $710 below Santa Fe, NM. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 21,700 estimated Food Preparation Workers jobs, a gap of 21,140 jobs from Santa Fe, NM. Its median is $30,740 per year, or $5,380 below Santa Fe, NM. Its location quotient is 0.93.
• 5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 19,630 estimated Food Preparation Workers jobs, a gap of 19,070 jobs from Santa Fe, NM. Its median is $36,090 per year, or $30 below Santa Fe, NM. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 17,060 estimated Food Preparation Workers jobs, a gap of 16,500 jobs from Santa Fe, NM. Its median is $36,090 per year, or $30 below Santa Fe, NM. Its location quotient is 1.03.
• 7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI has 16,810 estimated Food Preparation Workers jobs, a gap of 16,250 jobs from Santa Fe, NM. Its median is $35,100 per year, or $1,020 below Santa Fe, NM. Its location quotient is 1.5.
• 8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 16,240 estimated Food Preparation Workers jobs, a gap of 15,680 jobs from Santa Fe, NM. Its median is $35,020 per year, or $1,100 below Santa Fe, NM. Its location quotient is 0.86.

Where Food Preparation Workers takes the largest share of local jobs

Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.68. Santa Fe, NM has 1.58. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Food Preparation Workers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA has a location quotient of 3.68, a gap of 2.10 from Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 2,070 Food Preparation Workers jobs and a median of $24,380 per year, or $11,740 below Santa Fe, NM.
• 2. Lake Charles, LA has a location quotient of 3.32, a gap of 1.74 from Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 1,940 Food Preparation Workers jobs and a median of $23,380 per year, or $12,740 below Santa Fe, NM.
• 3. Monroe, LA has a location quotient of 3.25, a gap of 1.67 from Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 1,630 Food Preparation Workers jobs and a median of $22,430 per year, or $13,690 below Santa Fe, NM.
• 4. Lafayette, LA has a location quotient of 3.16, a gap of 1.58 from Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 3,260 Food Preparation Workers jobs and a median of $22,920 per year, or $13,200 below Santa Fe, NM.
• 5. Hammond, LA has a location quotient of 3.15, a gap of 1.57 from Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 870 Food Preparation Workers jobs and a median of $22,740 per year, or $13,380 below Santa Fe, NM.
• 6. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA has a location quotient of 3.06, a gap of 1.48 from Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 2,860 Food Preparation Workers jobs and a median of $22,980 per year, or $13,140 below Santa Fe, NM.
• 7. Alexandria, LA has a location quotient of 2.83, a gap of 1.25 from Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 980 Food Preparation Workers jobs and a median of $22,080 per year, or $14,040 below Santa Fe, NM.
• 8. New Orleans-Metairie, LA has a location quotient of 2.83, a gap of 1.25 from Santa Fe, NM. BLS lists 7,250 Food Preparation Workers jobs and a median of $26,200 per year, or $9,920 below Santa Fe, NM.

How common Food Preparation Workers is in Santa Fe, NM

BLS lists 560 Food Preparation Workers jobs in Santa Fe, NM. It also lists 9.06 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 1.58. A value of 1 means Food Preparation Workers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Food Preparation Workers beside other roles in Santa Fe, NM

The all-occupations median in Santa Fe, NM is $48,710 per year. The Food Preparation Workers median is $36,120 per year. Food Preparation Workers is 25.8% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Santa Fe, NM. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Food Preparation Workers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Santa Fe, NM median of $36,130 per year. BLS lists 890 jobs and a location quotient of 0.91.
• 2. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Santa Fe, NM median of $36,200 per year. BLS lists 1,180 jobs and a location quotient of 1.05.
• 3. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Santa Fe, NM median of $35,960 per year. BLS lists 2,320 jobs and a location quotient of 1.5.
• 4. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Santa Fe, NM median of $36,760 per year. BLS lists 790 jobs and a location quotient of 0.9.
• 5. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Santa Fe, NM median of $37,250 per year. BLS lists 1,100 jobs and a location quotient of 1.96.
• 6. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Santa Fe, NM median of $34,900 per year. BLS lists 1,350 jobs and a location quotient of 1.1.
• 7. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2012, has a Santa Fe, NM median of $33,600 per year. BLS lists 800 jobs and a location quotient of 2.33.
• 8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Santa Fe, NM median of $40,090 per year. BLS lists 560 jobs and a location quotient of 0.47.

The largest detailed roles in Santa Fe, NM

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Santa Fe, NM table, at 2,410 jobs. Food Preparation Workers has 560 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 61,770. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Food Preparation Workers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 2,410 jobs in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 1,850 from Food Preparation Workers. Its median is $50,170 per year, or $14,050 above Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 3.55.
• 2. Retail Salespersons has 2,320 jobs in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 1,760 from Food Preparation Workers. Its median is $35,960 per year, or $160 below Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.5.
• 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 1,950 jobs in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 1,390 from Food Preparation Workers. Its median is $30,810 per year, or $5,310 below Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.27.
• 4. Waiters and Waitresses has 1,680 jobs in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 1,120 from Food Preparation Workers. Its median is $46,640 per year, or $10,520 above Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.87.
• 5. General and Operations Managers has 1,630 jobs in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 1,070 from Food Preparation Workers. Its median is $106,770 per year, or $70,650 above Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.17.
• 6. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 1,470 jobs in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 910 from Food Preparation Workers. Its median is $31,540 per year, or $4,580 below Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 0.86.
• 7. Cashiers has 1,350 jobs in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 790 from Food Preparation Workers. Its median is $34,900 per year, or $1,220 below Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.1.
• 8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 1,180 jobs in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 620 from Food Preparation Workers. Its median is $36,200 per year, or $80 above Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.05.

Published role medians around Santa Fe, NM

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Santa Fe, NM role table, at $106,770 per year. Food Preparation Workers has $36,120 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $48,710 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $106,770 per year in Santa Fe, NM, or $70,650 above Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 1,630 jobs, compared with 560 for Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.17.
• 2. Registered Nurses has a median of $100,790 per year in Santa Fe, NM, or $64,670 above Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 1,090 jobs, compared with 560 for Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 0.81.
• 3. Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants has a median of $81,410 per year in Santa Fe, NM, or $45,290 above Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 600 jobs, compared with 560 for Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 3.3.
• 4. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $77,260 per year in Santa Fe, NM, or $41,140 above Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 630 jobs, compared with 560 for Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.5.
• 5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $72,780 per year in Santa Fe, NM, or $36,660 above Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 620 jobs, compared with 560 for Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 6. Management Analysts has a median of $68,560 per year in Santa Fe, NM, or $32,440 above Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 540 jobs, compared with 560 for Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.52.
• 7. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $67,560 per year in Santa Fe, NM, or $31,440 above Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 850 jobs, compared with 560 for Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.97.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $65,760 per year in Santa Fe, NM, or $29,640 above Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 610 jobs, compared with 560 for Food Preparation Workers. Its location quotient is 1.07.

Roles with the largest local share in Santa Fe, NM

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has the highest location quotient in the bounded Santa Fe, NM role table, at 3.55. Food Preparation Workers has 1.58. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Food Preparation Workers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 3.55 in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 1.97 from Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 2,410 jobs and a median of $50,170 per year, or $14,050 above Food Preparation Workers.
• 2. Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 3.3 in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 1.72 from Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 600 jobs and a median of $81,410 per year, or $45,290 above Food Preparation Workers.
• 3. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 2.33 in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 0.75 from Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 800 jobs and a median of $33,600 per year, or $2,520 below Food Preparation Workers.
• 4. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 2.04 in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 0.46 from Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 770 jobs and a median of $43,220 per year, or $7,100 above Food Preparation Workers.
• 5. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 1.97 in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 0.39 from Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 850 jobs and a median of $67,560 per year, or $31,440 above Food Preparation Workers.
• 6. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.96 in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 0.38 from Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 1,100 jobs and a median of $37,250 per year, or $1,130 above Food Preparation Workers.
• 7. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.87 in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 0.29 from Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 1,680 jobs and a median of $46,640 per year, or $10,520 above Food Preparation Workers.
• 8. Bartenders has a location quotient of 1.76 in Santa Fe, NM, a gap of 0.18 from Food Preparation Workers. BLS lists 530 jobs and a median of $44,250 per year, or $8,130 above Food Preparation Workers.

What $36,120 may mean after the Santa Fe, NM price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Santa Fe, NM is 98.8. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 1.2% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $36,120 Food Preparation Workers median by 98.8 divided by 100. The result is $36,571 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 108.0. Goods are 96.1. Utilities are 76.7. Other services are 98.5. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Santa Fe, NM row

The employment RSE for this Food Preparation Workers row is 12.9%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.4%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 560 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $36,570 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Santa Fe, NM wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Food Preparation Workers. It uses a Santa Fe, NM place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $36,120 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Food Preparation Workers row for Santa Fe, NM does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 560 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.58 is not a growth score. Rank 86 of 393 is not a place score. The 98.8 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 35-2021 in BLS area 42140. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.