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Registered nurse salary in New Mexico

Open registered nurse jobs in New Mexico post a median of $50 an hour, the middle half $45–$55 (about $104,000 a year full time), $1 above the national posted median. From 49 jobs at 14 employers that state their pay.

$50
Median posted /hr
$45–$55
Middle half /hr
$104,000
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$45.36
BLS median in NM
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Registered nurse jobs in New Mexico · Registered nurse pay nationwide

What registered nurses are paid in New Mexico

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 49 open jobs in New Mexico. Lowest posted $26.01, highest $78.

Posted on open jobs in New Mexico

$45–$55/hr

Middle half of 37 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $50. 9% of the 562 open registered nurse jobs in New Mexico state an hourly rate.

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Registered nurse pay by town in New Mexico

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Albuquerque$47.75$30–$6910 (6)
Santa Fe$50$28–$697 (3)
Española$48$28–$657 (2)
Las Cruces$53$28–$695 (3)
Silver City$59.50$36.85–$784 (2)
Carlsbad$61.50$57.60–$65.453 (1)
Santa Teresa$60$59–$783 (1)
Socorro$60$59–$783 (1)
Sunland Park$60$59–$783 (1)
Los Alamos$59.75$28–$68.643 (2)
Rio Rancho$44$30–$693 (2)
La Mesilla$42$28–$553 (1)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Registered nurse pay by employer in New Mexico

What each employer posts for registered nurses here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Giving Home Health Care$42.50$28–$6513
Genesis HealthCare$50$30–$699
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$61.50$57.60–$68.646
United Energy Workers Healthcare$48$45–$505
Tenet Healthcare$63$59–$784
UNM Health$34.75$34.84–$47.333
Dialysis Clinic, Inc.$40$32–$472
Compassus$55$50–$601
Ideal Option$52.50$50–$551
Providence$48.50$38.09–$59.131
Fundamental Healthcare$46.50$46–$471
UnitedHealth Group$45.25$36.27–$54.411
ClearSky Health$44$39.09–$48.891
CVS Health$41$26.01–$56.141

Median of each employer's jobs in New Mexico (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for registered nurses nationwide when it has such a page.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

10 open jobs in New Mexico state a yearly salary: a median of $104,000, the middle half $93,500 to $106,500.

Best-paid open registered nurse jobs in New Mexico

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in New Mexico

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, New Mexico. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Registered Nurses (29-1141)$35.72 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$38.92 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$45.36 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$49.40 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$59.39 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)17,980 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Registered nurse salary in New Mexico: common questions

How much does a registered nurse make in New Mexico?

Open registered nurse jobs in New Mexico that state an hourly rate post a median of $50, the middle half $45–$55 (49 jobs from 14 employers). Full time that is about $104,000 a year. BLS measured a median of $45.36/hr ($94,340 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New Mexico (May 2025).

Where in New Mexico do registered nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Albuquerque ($47.75), Santa Fe ($50), Española ($48) and Las Cruces ($53). The town table lists 12.

Which employers in New Mexico pay registered nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Tenet Healthcare ($63), HealthTrust Workforce Solutions ($61.50) and Genesis HealthCare ($50).

How does New Mexico compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in New Mexico ($50) is $1 above the national posted median of $49. In the BLS survey New Mexico ranks 24 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 49 of 562 open registered nurse jobs in New Mexico (9%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Registered nurse pay in other states

Registered nurse salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Registered nurse salary in New Mexico. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/registered-nurse/new-mexico

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