Total all industries |  
Las Cruces, NM MSA, New Mexico |  
|   |  
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations |  
  
| Occupation | 
Occ. code | 
Estabs. reporting occupation | 
Est. empl. | 
Empl %RSE | 
Mean wage | 
Mean %RSE | 
Entry wage | 
Exp. wage | 
25th pct | 
Median wage | 
75th pct | 
 
| LIFE, PHYSICAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS | 
19-0000 | 
     30      | 
      730    | 
 12.43       | 
$ 57,113 | 
  7.34       | 
$ 31,105 | 
$ 70,118 | 
$ 36,897 | 
$ 47,329 | 
$ 74,840 | 
 
 | hourly |   |   |   | 
  | 
$ 27.45 | 
  | 
$ 14.95 | 
$ 33.71 | 
$ 17.74 | 
$ 22.76 | 
$ 35.99 | 
 
| Physicists | 
19-2012 | 
      3      | 
       40    | 
 13.53       | 
$105,746 | 
  4.15       | 
$ 78,604 | 
$119,316 | 
$ 90,930 | 
$105,469 | 
$125,300 | 
 
 | hourly |   |   |   | 
  | 
$ 50.83 | 
  | 
$ 37.79 | 
$ 57.37 | 
$ 43.71 | 
$ 50.70 | 
$ 60.24 | 
 
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 
19-2042 | 
      4      | 
           | 
 85.25       | 
$ 47,670 | 
 11.32       | 
$ 43,140 | 
$ 49,936 | 
$ 41,502 | 
$ 44,234 | 
$ 46,928 | 
 
 | hourly |   |   |   | 
  | 
$ 22.92 | 
  | 
$ 20.74 | 
$ 24.00 | 
$ 19.95 | 
$ 21.27 | 
$ 22.56 | 
 
| Market Research Analysts | 
19-3021 | 
      9      | 
           | 
 55.22       | 
$ 58,347 | 
  3.04       | 
$ 43,428 | 
$ 65,805 | 
$ 44,602 | 
$ 52,408 | 
$ 65,055 | 
 
 | hourly |   |   |   | 
  | 
$ 28.06 | 
  | 
$ 20.88 | 
$ 31.64 | 
$ 21.44 | 
$ 25.20 | 
$ 31.28 | 
 
| Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists | 
19-3031 | 
      7      | 
      170    | 
 17.02       | 
$ 48,067 | 
  6.95       | 
$ 31,811 | 
$ 56,195 | 
$ 35,372 | 
$ 42,154 | 
$ 54,199 | 
 
 | hourly |   |   |   | 
  | 
$ 23.11 | 
  | 
$ 15.30 | 
$ 27.01 | 
$ 17.00 | 
$ 20.27 | 
$ 26.06 | 
 
| Biological Technicians | 
19-4021 | 
      3      | 
           | 
 56.54       | 
$ 28,604 | 
  9.50       | 
$ 22,010 | 
$ 31,900 | 
$ 22,865 | 
$ 25,584 | 
$ 29,800 | 
 
 | hourly |   |   |   | 
  | 
$ 13.75 | 
  | 
$ 10.58 | 
$ 15.34 | 
$ 10.99 | 
$ 12.30 | 
$ 14.33 | 
 
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other | 
19-4099 | 
      3      | 
       40    | 
 13.25       | 
$ 63,649 | 
  2.85       | 
$ 36,533 | 
$ 77,206 | 
$ 42,784 | 
$ 71,030 | 
$ 78,199 | 
 
 | hourly |   |   |   | 
  | 
$ 30.60 | 
  | 
$ 17.56 | 
$ 37.12 | 
$ 20.56 | 
$ 34.15 | 
$ 37.60 | 
 
 
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