Psychologist Salary in New Mexico

The psychologist salary in New Mexico is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in New Mexico earned more than $124,800 a year in May 2025 and half earned less. Percentiles mark places in the pay distribution; they are not experience levels. Set beside the U.S. figures for the same occupation, the 10th percentile wage in New Mexico is 98 percent of the national $55,170, the median 124 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 94 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in New Mexico, the 90th percentile wage is 3.1 times the 10th, against 3.3 times across the country. The band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $44,010, 71 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $122,330 is 98 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $60.00. The 25th percentile wage ranks seventh of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage seventeenth and the mean annual wage ninth.

The psychologist salary in New Mexico also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Santa Fe, NM has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in New Mexico: $131,470 in May 2025, 105 percent of the statewide median.

Albuquerque, NM has the lowest, $124,800, 100 percent of the statewide median. One of the two areas sits above the statewide median of $124,800.

Santa Fe, NM has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 60, with a median of $131,470, 105 percent of the statewide median.

School psychologists (SOC 19-3034) in New Mexico earned a median annual wage of $110,360 in May 2025, 115 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks third of 51 jurisdictions. It is 88 percent of the $124,800 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in New Mexico.

BLS counted about 630 school psychologists in New Mexico.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks third of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage first, and the occupation ranks third by concentration, 0.72 for every 1,000 jobs.

Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in New Mexico: $111,660, with about 110 employed. Farmington, NM has the lowest, $104,740. BLS publishes four such areas in all.