Clinical Psychologist Salary in New Mexico: What Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Earn
Clinical and counseling psychologists in New Mexico had a median annual wage of $124,800 in May 2025, 24% above the national median of $100,580.
That ranks 3rd of the 48 jurisdictions that publish a median for the occupation.
The workforce count is the missing piece: BLS publishes no employment estimate for the occupation in New Mexico, so this page reads the median only.
The hourly median is $60.00 against $48.36 nationally.
Clinical & counseling psychologists · SOC 19-3033
$124,800/yr
+24% vs. national $100,580
$60.00/hr median
Which psychologists this covers
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state and national estimates — New Mexico, SOCs 19-3033.
Retrieved 2026-09-24 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
New Mexico vs. the national figure
Each occupation is compared with its own national median from the same May 2025 release, and the national clinical psychologist salary page gives the national distribution.
Ranks count only the jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes that occupation’s figure.
Differences are whole percentages of the national figure, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
A median $24,220 above national
The New Mexico median of $124,800 is $24,220 above the national median of $100,580 for clinical and counseling psychologists, a 24% gap.
The hourly median runs $60.00 against $48.36 nationally, a difference of $11.64.
Among the 48 jurisdictions where BLS publishes a median for this occupation, New Mexico ranks 3rd, and the hourly median ranks 3rd as well.
What the ranking does not come with is a workforce count: BLS publishes no employment estimate for the occupation in the state.
A median near the top of the ranking, with no published employment estimate behind it, is why this page reads the median and leaves the percentiles alone.
What the distribution can and cannot say
This page prints the full percentile table for New Mexico, the 10th through the 90th with the national figures beside them, and an amber note flags the missing employment estimate.
The analysis stays at the median because BLS publishes no employment estimate for the state.
At the median, New Mexico sits between the national median of $100,580 and the national 75th percentile of $135,200, about 1.2 times the national median, and the hourly median shows the same 24% gap: $60.00 against $48.36.
Nationally, the middle half of the occupation spans $73,210 to $135,200, a band of $61,990, and the New Mexico median sits in its upper part.
How New Mexico's own percentiles compare with those national marks is deliberately left unanalyzed; a distribution with no published employment estimate behind it is context on the table, not a floor-and-ceiling map to quote.
What this figure covers: Clinical and counseling psychologists only.
School psychologists and "psychologists, all other" (SOC 19-3039) are separate occupations and are not in this figure.
OEWS counts wage and salary workers, so psychologists in their own private practice are not counted.
⚠️ BLS publishes no employment estimate for this occupation in New Mexico, so the size of the sample behind these percentiles is unknown.
Read the median; treat the tails with caution.
Reading an offer against these figures
Compare an offer with both medians the page prints.
An offer at $124,800 matches the New Mexico median; an offer at $100,580 matches the national median but sits $24,220 below the New Mexico figure.
For an hourly posting, $60.00 is the New Mexico hourly median and $48.36 the national one, so a rate between the two sits above the national middle and below the state middle.
Remember what the row describes: BLS's clinical and counseling psychologists employed for wages, not every title New Mexico licenses.
With no published employment estimate, the median is best read as the one state figure BLS publishes rather than a precise predictor for any individual offer.
What this figure does and does not describe
This row is the BLS occupation for clinical and counseling psychologists, not a figure for one New Mexico licence.
New Mexico licenses psychologists and psychologist associates, and licensed psychologists can add a conditional, then full, prescription certificate.
The row pools the occupation rather than splitting by licence, and it does not isolate psychologist associates, who hold a separate master's-level licence.
New Mexico is a non-PSYPACT state per the PSYPACT Commission map retrieved 2026-09-24, so the row says nothing about practice under the compact.
Check which licence a posting asks for before comparing its pay with this row.
The state's licensure pages, linked from this section, own the requirements.
What each licence requires in New Mexico is summarized in psychologist licensure in New Mexico.
Before you weigh an offer, check what licence or certification the posting requires — browse clinical psychologist jobs in New Mexico.
Why this page stops at the median
BLS publishes no employment estimate for clinical and counseling psychologists in New Mexico: the May 2025 row carries a median and percentiles, but the employment cell is unpublished, and the page carries an amber note that the sample size is unknown.
That is why the text analyzes the median only.
The median of $124,800, the hourly median of $60.00 and the 3rd-of-48 rank stand as published, and the percentile table still renders, but no sentence builds a floor or ceiling on the 10th, 25th, 75th or 90th percentiles.
Read those tails as context on the table rather than as findings this page stands behind.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do clinical psychologists make in New Mexico?
BLS reports a May 2025 median annual wage of $124,800 for clinical and counseling psychologists in New Mexico, or $60.00 an hour.
That is 24% above the national median of $100,580 and ranks 3rd of the 48 jurisdictions that publish a median for the occupation.
BLS publishes no employment estimate for the occupation in the state, so the page analyzes the median and leaves the percentile tails unanalyzed.
Why does the page not analyze the 25th, 75th and 90th percentiles?
Because BLS publishes no employment estimate for clinical and counseling psychologists in New Mexico.
The percentiles are printed, but the page treats them as context on the table rather than findings: no sentence builds a floor or ceiling on them.
The median of $124,800, the hourly median of $60.00 and the 3rd-of-48 rank stand on their own and are the figures to weigh against the national median of $100,580.
Is psychologist pay in New Mexico above the national figure?
At the median, yes: New Mexico's $124,800 is 24% above the national median of $100,580, a gap of $24,220, and the hourly median of $60.00 against $48.36 tells the same story.
That is the only New Mexico-versus-national comparison this page makes; the percentiles stay unanalyzed while the employment estimate is unpublished.
How many clinical and counseling psychologists work in New Mexico?
BLS publishes no employment estimate for the occupation in New Mexico in May 2025, so there is no state headcount to quote.
Where BLS does publish one for this occupation, the count describes people in jobs during the survey period, not open positions.
The median of $124,800 still ranks 3rd of the 48 jurisdictions that publish a median.
More New Mexico Clinical Psychologist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — New Mexico, SOC 19-3033 (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-24)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 national estimates — SOC 19-3033 (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-24)
Wage figures: BLS OEWS May 2025 state and national estimates, SOCs 19-3033, retrieved 2026-09-24.
Page last updated 2026-09-29.