Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area

The top 100 highest paying jobs in North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area (ranked by annual average salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid workers) and the number of employment of each job in North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area are also shown. We note from the table that the highest paying profession in North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is nurse practitioners with an average annual salary of $108,460. The second highest paying job is sales manager (average salary $92,070). The salary and the employment information in North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2018 [1].

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Jobs in North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl i
1	Nurse Practitioners	$108,460	$83,730	70
2	Sales Managers	$92,070	$64,960	50
3	Medical and Health Services Managers	$91,990	$63,820	220
4	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$89,730	$60,110	40
5	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$85,750	$19,160	50
6	Electrical Engineers	$85,670	$65,880	30
7	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$82,690	$56,260	40
8	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$79,400	$65,430	180
9	Other Education Administrators	$73,780	$58,150	130
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$73,730	$53,420	40
11	Construction Managers	$73,260	$44,640	60
12	Administrative Services Managers	$72,790	$53,020	70
13	General and Operations Managers	$70,370	$32,740	810
14	All Other Managers	$68,840	$47,080	120
15	Human Resources Managers	$68,380	$43,400	50
16	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$66,400	$52,840	30
17	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$66,240	$28,390	30
18	Financial Managers	$64,860	$45,550	130
19	Management Analysts	$64,860	$40,100	70
20	Anthropologists and Archeologists	$63,660	$53,010	30
21	Public Relations Specialists	$58,040	$26,200	30
22	Preschool and Childcare Center Education Administrators	$57,640	$34,550	40
23	Environmental Engineers	$55,960	$47,440	30
24	Postsecondary English Language and Literature Teachers	$55,750	$35,410	50
25	Urban and Regional Planners	$55,250	$31,510	60
26	Postsecondary Nursing Instructors and Teachers	$54,000	$33,640	30
27	Budget Analysts	$52,200	$32,910	30
28	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$52,190	$32,390	30
29	Social and Community Service Managers	$52,170	$36,690	100
30	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$51,350	$27,060	30
31	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	$50,610	$32,260	140
32	Other Business Operations Specialists	$50,510	$26,580	420
33	Accountants and Auditors	$50,390	$36,680	330
34	Loan Officers	$50,160	$24,320	110
35	All Other Teachers and Instructors Except Substitute Teachers	$49,780	$22,730	480
36	Real Estate Sales Agents	$49,770	$31,220	80
37	Computer Network Support Specialists	$49,190	$36,220	50
38	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$48,780	$41,130	40
39	Gas Plant Operators	$48,650	$34,870	30
40	Food Service Managers	$47,850	$33,880	90
41	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$46,730	$33,400	40
42	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	$45,940	$37,800	0
43	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	$45,830	$23,120	190
44	Postsecondary Art, Drama, and Music Teachers	$45,810	$28,440	40
45	Human Resources Specialists	$43,960	$30,140	120
46	First-line supervisors of transportation moving workers	$43,560	$21,690	110
47	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$43,170	$24,370	50
48	Postsecondary Mathematical Science Teachers	$43,000	$33,410	50
49	First-Line Supervisors of Gaming Workers	$42,280	$28,020	60
50	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$41,930	$31,580	40
51	Construction and Building Inspectors	$41,110	$29,710	30
52	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$41,100	$29,630	90
53	Training and Development Specialists	$40,570	$28,400	70
54	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	$39,940	$30,910	100
55	Solar Photovoltaic Installers	$39,440	$32,900	0
56	Cost Estimators	$39,430	$27,920	30
57	Lodging Managers	$39,040	$27,250	50
58	Foresters	$39,010	$33,300	50
59	Compliance Officers	$38,330	$27,180	80
60	Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$38,300	$28,090	60
61	Property, Real Estate Managers	$37,810	$27,410	40
62	Coaches and Scouts	$36,490	$17,980	40
63	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$36,170	$27,280	50
64	Other Community and Social Service Specialists	$36,070	$23,480	40
65	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$35,660	$27,540	0
66	Other Financial Specialists	$35,490	$27,380	30
67	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$35,260	$16,980	30
68	Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers	$35,090	$17,960	30
69	Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$34,730	$26,450	30
70	Tax Preparers	$34,670	$18,100	40
71	Other Health Technologists and Technicians	$34,460	$26,650	0
72	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$33,910	$21,790	40
73	Credit Counselors	$33,700	$23,650	40
74	Grinding and Polishing Workers	$32,910	$21,840	40
75	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$32,860	$23,360	50
76	Medical Transcriptionists	$32,810	$22,900	30
77	Electricians Helpers	$32,760	$26,500	40
78	Editors	$31,150	$23,050	30
79	Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	$31,150	$22,670	80
80	Roofers	$30,140	$21,530	0
81	Opticians, Dispensing	$29,270	$20,430	40
82	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$28,890	$20,910	60
83	All Occupations	$28,640	$17,610	61,880
84	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$28,400	$22,680	0
85	Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$27,460	$17,480	50
86	Graphic Designers	$24,770	$17,640	30
87	Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$24,590	$18,040	40
88	Tour and Travel Guides	$23,980	$16,850	80
89	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$23,750	$16,980	0
90	Substitute Teachers	$22,680	$18,420	440
91	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$22,530	$16,810	40
92	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$21,460	$18,010	30
93	Other Production Workers	$21,320	$16,820	30
94	Legislators	$20,180	$16,970	110
95	Parking Lot Attendants	$19,350	$16,990	50
96	Library Assistants, Clerical	$18,620	$16,500	30
97	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	$18,290	$16,730	50

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