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Manufacturing Compass

New Mexico manufacturing

Private-sector manufacturing (NAICS 31–33), annual average for 2024. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

01Core measures

New Mexico manufacturing in 2024

Totals and averages for all private manufacturing employers in New Mexico combined. They describe the industry statewide, not any individual plant or company.

Establishments

1,584

Worksites, annual average of quarterly counts

U.S.
397,198
Share of U.S.Calc
0.4%

Employment

28,669

Jobs, annual average of monthly counts

U.S.
12,733,350
Share of U.S.Calc
0.2%

Total wages

$2 billion

Nominal dollars, sum of four quarters

U.S.
$1.1 trillion
Share of U.S.Calc
0.2%

Average weekly wage

$1,358

Nominal dollars per job

U.S.
$1,643
vs. U.S.Calc
−17.3%

Average annual pay

$70,635

Nominal dollars per job

U.S.
$85,461
vs. U.S.Calc
−17.3%

Location quotient

0.40

Employment concentration vs. U.S.

U.S.
1.00

Manufacturing's share of all jobs in New Mexico is 0.40 times its share of all U.S. jobs.

Calcmarks our calculations from BLS figures (formulas below). All other values are published by BLS.

02Subsectors

Where manufacturing jobs are

The 21 three-digit NAICS manufacturing subsectors, largest employment first. 2 are withheld by BLS (“Not disclosed”). Subsectors therefore may not add up to the manufacturing total.

  • 311Food manufacturing
    Employment
    6,392
    Establishments
    210
    Avg. annual pay
    $49,797
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −18.9%
    Location quotient
    0.64
  • 334Computer and electronic product manufacturing
    Employment
    5,974
    Establishments
    136
    Avg. annual pay
    $112,628
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −26.6%
    Location quotient
    1.04
  • 332Fabricated metal product manufacturing
    Employment
    2,501
    Establishments
    219
    Avg. annual pay
    $61,048
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −16.6%
    Location quotient
    0.31
  • 327Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
    Employment
    1,987
    Establishments
    106
    Avg. annual pay
    $62,208
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −17.6%
    Location quotient
    0.85
  • 325Chemical manufacturing
    Employment
    1,797
    Establishments
    108
    Avg. annual pay
    $78,572
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −33.5%
    Location quotient
    0.36
  • 339Miscellaneous manufacturing
    Employment
    1,409
    Establishments
    209
    Avg. annual pay
    $47,857
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −41.8%
    Location quotient
    0.41
  • 312Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
    Employment
    1,408
    Establishments
    96
    Avg. annual pay
    $37,088
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −39.3%
    Location quotient
    0.75
  • 333Machinery manufacturing
    Employment
    1,225
    Establishments
    68
    Avg. annual pay
    $67,692
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −22.9%
    Location quotient
    0.20
  • 326Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
    Employment
    935
    Establishments
    37
    Avg. annual pay
    $54,721
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −21.1%
    Location quotient
    0.23
  • 321Wood product manufacturing
    Employment
    933
    Establishments
    65
    Avg. annual pay
    $47,482
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −23.9%
    Location quotient
    0.40
  • 323Printing and related support activities
    Employment
    658
    Establishments
    116
    Avg. annual pay
    $43,720
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −28.5%
    Location quotient
    0.33
  • 337Furniture and related product manufacturing
    Employment
    605
    Establishments
    59
    Avg. annual pay
    $49,755
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −16.1%
    Location quotient
    0.31
  • 322Paper manufacturing
    Employment
    600
    Establishments
    14
    Avg. annual pay
    $65,558
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −19.7%
    Location quotient
    0.30
  • 336Transportation equipment manufacturing
    Employment
    532
    Establishments
    35
    Avg. annual pay
    $119,817
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +28.5%
    Location quotient
    0.05
  • 331Primary metal manufacturing
    Employment
    414
    Establishments
    16
    Avg. annual pay
    $66,005
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −26.1%
    Location quotient
    0.20
  • 335Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
    Employment
    366
    Establishments
    28
    Avg. annual pay
    $72,242
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −15.7%
    Location quotient
    0.16
  • 314Textile product mills
    Employment
    104
    Establishments
    24
    Avg. annual pay
    $39,644
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −27.1%
    Location quotient
    0.19
  • 315Apparel manufacturing
    Employment
    88
    Establishments
    11
    Avg. annual pay
    $37,660
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −35.0%
    Location quotient
    0.19
  • 313Textile mills
    Employment
    20
    Establishments
    10
    Avg. annual pay
    $24,665
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −58.7%
    Location quotient
    0.04
  • 324Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
    Employment
    Not disclosed
    Establishments
    9
    Avg. annual pay
    Not disclosed
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    —
    Location quotient
    Not disclosed
  • 316Leather and allied product manufacturing
    Employment
    Not disclosed
    Establishments
    8
    Avg. annual pay
    Not disclosed
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    —
    Location quotient
    Not disclosed

03By year

New Mexico manufacturing, 2022–2025

Wages are in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation). BLS cautions that QCEW is not designed as a time series, so treat year-to-year differences as indicative.

Private manufacturing in New Mexico by year, annual averages, nominal dollars
YearEmploymentAvg. annual payvs. U.S.Calc
202228,969$61,880−22.1%
202328,679$64,854−21.5%
202428,669$70,635−17.3%
202528,307$72,725−18.7%

04About this data

Source, definitions, and limits

Source
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
File
data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2024/a/industry/31_33.csv
Retrieved
October 12, 2026 (UTC)
Period
Annual average, 2024 (final BLS data)
Industry
NAICS 2022, sector 31–33 and its three-digit subsectors
Ownership
Private employers only
Geography
Statewide; compared with the U.S. total
Citation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).

What these numbers cover

  • Jobs reported to state unemployment insurance programs, about 95% of U.S. wage and salary jobs. Self-employed workers and proprietors are excluded; people with two jobs may be counted twice.
  • Averages describe all employers combined and do not represent any single manufacturer. Where a subsector has few establishments or jobs, its averages can swing widely and are less representative.
  • Not disclosed: BLS withheld the value to protect employer confidentiality. It is never shown as zero. No BLS data: BLS publishes no figures for that combination.

Calculations

  • Share of U.S. = state value ÷ U.S. value.
  • vs. U.S. = state value ÷ U.S. value − 1.
  • Both inputs come from the same BLS file: same year, industry, and ownership. Not calculated when either value is withheld (shown as —).
  • Location quotient is published by BLS: the industry's share of all local jobs (all industries and ownerships) divided by its share nationally.

Read our methodology