New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
Economic Research and Analysis Bureau
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)


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Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Mean wage Entry wage Exp. wage 25th pct Median wage 75th pct
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations19-0000$69,400
$33.37
$42,900
$20.63
$60,860
$29.26
$87,160
$41.90
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians19-4011$37,010
$17.79
$27,770
$13.35
$34,790
$16.72
$43,510
$20.92
Animal Scientists19-1011$72,930
$35.06
$44,860
$21.57
$64,260
$30.89
$91,080
$43.79
Anthropologists and Archeologists19-3091$61,420
$29.53
$43,530
$20.93
$58,360
$28.06
$75,820
$36.45
Astronomers19-2011$110,440
$53.09
$68,030
$32.71
$110,450
$53.10
$153,870
$73.98
Atmospheric and Space Scientists19-2021$88,140
$42.38
$62,710
$30.15
$87,030
$41.84
$107,680
$51.77
Biochemists and Biophysicists19-1021$91,640
$44.06
$57,720
$27.75
$84,320
$40.54
$113,980
$54.80
Biological Scientists, All Other19-1029$75,160
$36.14
$54,710
$26.30
$72,720
$34.96
$87,260
$41.95
Biological Technicians19-4021$43,710
$21.02
$32,160
$15.46
$40,710
$19.57
$52,290
$25.14
Chemical Technicians19-4031$46,590
$22.40
$33,390
$16.05
$43,310
$20.82
$57,090
$27.45
Chemists19-2031$77,740
$37.37
$52,850
$25.41
$72,350
$34.79
$97,100
$46.68
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists19-3031$72,710
$34.96
$50,700
$24.38
$67,760
$32.58
$88,650
$42.62
Conservation Scientists19-1031$63,330
$30.45
$47,230
$22.70
$61,220
$29.43
$74,930
$36.02
Economists19-3011$101,450
$48.78
$67,380
$32.39
$93,070
$44.75
$126,230
$60.69
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health19-4091$45,470
$21.86
$32,850
$15.79
$41,700
$20.05
$55,020
$26.45
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health19-2041$70,770
$34.02
$48,780
$23.45
$65,090
$31.29
$86,880
$41.77
Epidemiologists19-1041$73,040
$35.11
$51,510
$24.77
$66,330
$31.89
$85,880
$41.29
Food Scientists and Technologists19-1012$65,340
$31.41
$44,560
$21.42
$59,630
$28.67
$80,540
$38.72
Forensic Science Technicians19-4092$57,340
$27.57
$41,190
$19.80
$54,360
$26.13
$70,700
$33.99
Forest and Conservation Technicians19-4093$37,720
$18.13
$27,990
$13.46
$34,910
$16.79
$45,260
$21.76
Foresters19-1032$59,000
$28.37
$45,710
$21.98
$57,110
$27.46
$69,720
$33.52
Geographers19-3092$75,070
$36.09
$57,430
$27.61
$74,750
$35.94
$89,840
$43.19
Geological and Petroleum Technicians19-4041$58,780
$28.26
$36,810
$17.70
$53,410
$25.68
$76,560
$36.81
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers19-2042$108,420
$52.12
$63,620
$30.58
$91,920
$44.19
$134,390
$64.61
Historians19-3093$60,010
$28.85
$36,140
$17.37
$55,180
$26.53
$79,800
$38.37
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