Bernalillo County · New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Albuquerque, NM earn a median of $40,757 a year, 9% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.3% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 27.1% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $40,757#63 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 64.3%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 278,308Civilian employed, age 16+
What Albuquerque does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance27.1%
- Professional, scientific & management15.8%
- Retail trade10.5%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.7%
- Public administration6.6%
- Construction6%
- Finance, insurance & real estate5.9%
- Other services, except public administration5.4%
- Manufacturing4.6%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities3.9%
- Wholesale trade1.9%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.9%
Related data for Albuquerque
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.