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Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Salary in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico

The annual salary statistics of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$36,270
25th Percentile Wage	$43,140
50th Percentile Wage	$63,420
75th Percentile Wage	$77,000
90th Percentile Wage	$97,430

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $97,430. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,420. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,270.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	4-Year Growth
2022	$63,420	5.27%	12.20%
2021	$60,080	2.46%	-
2020	$58,600	2.49%	-
2019	$57,140	2.56%	-
2018	$55,680	-	-

Table 2. Compare Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Salary in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area with Other New Mexico Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $63,420, Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is the second highest paying city for educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in state of New Mexico, following the highest paying city Santa Fe (median annual salary of $65,090). Compared with Santa Fe, the median annual salary of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is 2.6 percent (2.6%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Santa Fe	$65,090
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$63,420
Albuquerque	$62,330
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$60,740
Las Cruces	$60,310
Farmington	$57,890
North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$57,520
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$54,630
Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$53,730