High paying engineering and architecture jobs in New Mexico with no experience

The best paid engineering and architecture occupations in New Mexico that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in New Mexico run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a New Mexico salary is worth about 1.08× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in New Mexico.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, New Mexico · Employed

1Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians$119,320
Associate's degree
$98,350 – $123,240670
2Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$101,750
Associate's degree
$65,170 – $123,2601,390
3Electrical and Electronics Drafters$101,330
Associate's degree
$55,000 – $124,470390
4Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$97,560
Associate's degree
$56,400 – $122,690320
5Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$96,070
Associate's degree
$59,940 – $124,1101,000
6Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$62,440
Associate's degree
$47,380 – $86,240710
7Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$61,280
Associate's degree
$51,340 – $103,370480
8Surveying and Mapping Technicians$56,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $81,410610
9Architectural and Civil Drafters$50,230
Associate's degree
$42,560 – $81,000690

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianNew Mexico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$119,320	$98,350 – $123,240	670
2	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All OtherAssociate's degree	$101,750	$65,170 – $123,260	1,390
3	Electrical and Electronics DraftersAssociate's degree	$101,330	$55,000 – $124,470	390
4	Mechanical Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$97,560	$56,400 – $122,690	320
5	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$96,070	$59,940 – $124,110	1,000
6	Civil Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$62,440	$47,380 – $86,240	710
7	Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$61,280	$51,340 – $103,370	480
8	Surveying and Mapping TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,210	$37,220 – $81,410	610
9	Architectural and Civil DraftersAssociate's degree	$50,230	$42,560 – $81,000	690

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Mexico. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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