How does Personal Care Aides pay in New Mexico compare to the national average?

New Mexico Personal Care Aides salaries are 17% below the US national median of $24,020 per year.

What is the salary range for a Personal Care Aides in New Mexico?

Personal Care Aides salaries in New Mexico range from $16,980 (10th percentile) to $26,830 (90th percentile) per year, per 2018 BLS OEWS data.

Personal Care Aides Salary in New Mexico

SOC 39-9021 · State · 2018 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Personal Care Aides in New Mexico is $19,910 per year as of 2018. That works out to roughly $9.57 per hour. This is 17% below the national median of $24,020. 27,300 people work as Personal Care Aides in New Mexico. Wages have grown 7% since 2014, when the median was $18,670.

Median Annual Salary

$19,910

Mean Annual

$21,020

Median Hourly

$9.57

Total Employed

27,300

Location Quotient

2.20

Concentrated here

Salary Distribution

$17k

10th

$18k

25th

$20k

Median

$23k

75th

$27k

90th

How This Compares

New Mexico

$19,910

this metro

United States

$24,020

you earn -17% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2018	$19,910	$21,020	27,300
2017	$19,470	$20,450	24,700
2016	$18,990	$20,020	23,940
2015	$19,080	$19,850	21,270
2014	$18,670	$19,060	20,190

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First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$35,770
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	$32,980
Animal Trainers	$32,870

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