High paying sales jobs in New Mexico

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New Mexico. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single sales job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

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

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$87,310
Bachelor's degree
$48,840 – $204,540980
2Real Estate Sales Agents$76,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $151,560550
3First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$75,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,390 – $137,060880
4Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$61,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,290 – $117,7303,790
5Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $115,0603,660
6Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$60,850
Bachelor's degree
$48,920 – $145,2801,690
7First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,490 – $72,5107,660
8Advertising Sales Agents$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,920 – $93,560300
9Insurance Sales Agents$45,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,290 – $99,3402,200
10Parts Salespersons$36,890
No formal educational credential
$28,290 – $60,4201,410
11Counter and Rental Clerks$35,580
No formal educational credential
$27,940 – $57,0302,360
12Retail Salespersons$33,300
No formal educational credential
$27,870 – $45,37023,800
13Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers$30,800
No formal educational credential
$26,530 – $47,930380
14Cashiers$30,120
No formal educational credential
$27,460 – $38,05019,020
15Demonstrators and Product Promoters$29,110
No formal educational credential
$28,030 – $44,580560

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	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$87,310	$48,840 – $204,540	980
2	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,170	$38,340 – $151,560	550
3	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,540	$49,390 – $137,060	880
4	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,880	$34,290 – $117,730	3,790
5	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,320	$37,010 – $115,060	3,660
6	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$60,850	$48,920 – $145,280	1,690
7	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,550	$34,490 – $72,510	7,660
8	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$28,920 – $93,560	300
9	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,180	$29,290 – $99,340	2,200
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,890	$28,290 – $60,420	1,410
11	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$35,580	$27,940 – $57,030	2,360
12	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$33,300	$27,870 – $45,370	23,800
13	Gambling Change Persons and Booth CashiersNo formal educational credential	$30,800	$26,530 – $47,930	380
14	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$30,120	$27,460 – $38,050	19,020
15	Demonstrators and Product PromotersNo formal educational credential	$29,110	$28,030 – $44,580	560

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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in New Mexico to rank honestly.

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