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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Salary in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico

The annual salary statistics of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico is shown in Table 1. The wage information of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 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 Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$37,180
25th Percentile Wage	$90,950
50th Percentile Wage	$98,630
75th Percentile Wage	$138,440
90th Percentile Wage	$139,630

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 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 $139,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $98,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,180.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	4-Year Growth
2022	$98,630	3.37%	22.21%
2021	$95,310	30.29%	-
2020	$66,440	-7.42%	-
2019	$71,370	-7.50%	-
2018	$76,720	-	-

Table 2. Compare Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Salary in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area with Other New Mexico Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $98,630 in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in state of New Mexico. In comparison, the annual salary of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is 28.8 percent (28.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Albuquerque and 13.1 percent (13.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Albuquerque	$138,440
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$98,630
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$98,630
Las Cruces	$87,050
North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$85,750
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$85,740