Salaries in Albuquerque.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 0.88x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$299,000

Chief Security Officer

Median of All Roles

$122,000

IoT Platform Engineer

Entry Level

$29,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Albuquerque, NM has a cost-of-living index of 0.88x the national average. The highest-paying role is Chief Security Officer at $299,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $122,000. Albuquerque's economy is driven by Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, and a growing film production industry.

About the Albuquerque market

Albuquerque's economy is driven by Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, and a growing film production industry. The city offers affordable living and a strong pipeline of research and engineering jobs tied to national defense and energy programs.

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Top 50 salaries in Albuquerque

#	Role	Median	Range
1	Chief Security Officer	$299,000	$233,000 – $389,000
2	SVP of Data	$297,000	$252,000 – $385,000
3	SVP of Finance	$294,000	$250,000 – $382,000
4	Senior VP of Product	$293,000	$229,000 – $381,000
5	SVP of AI Innovation	$291,000	$247,000 – $378,000
6	Chief Strategy Officer	$284,000	$221,000 – $369,000
7	SVP of Engineering	$282,000	$240,000 – $367,000
8	SVP of Product	$282,000	$240,000 – $367,000
9	Senior VP of Security	$281,000	$239,000 – $366,000
10	Senior VP of Design	$281,000	$220,000 – $365,000
11	VP of AI Product	$277,000	$236,000 – $361,000
12	VP of Data	$277,000	$236,000 – $361,000
13	Chief Science Officer	$276,000	$215,000 – $358,000
14	VP of AI Research	$275,000	$234,000 – $357,000
15	VP of Mobile	$275,000	$234,000 – $357,000
16	VP of Privacy	$275,000	$234,000 – $357,000
17	VP of Network Engineering	$275,000	$234,000 – $357,000
18	SVP of Technology	$274,000	$232,000 – $356,000
19	Chief AI Officer	$273,000	$202,000 – $352,000
20	VP of AI Engineering	$272,000	$232,000 – $354,000
21	Chief Machine Learning Officer	$272,000	$212,000 – $353,000
22	VP of Risk	$272,000	$231,000 – $353,000
23	VP of Site Reliability Engineering	$272,000	$232,000 – $354,000
24	Chief Design Officer	$270,000	$210,000 – $351,000
25	VP of AI	$269,000	$229,000 – $350,000
26	VP of Platform Engineering	$269,000	$229,000 – $350,000
27	VP of Cloud	$269,000	$229,000 – $350,000
28	VP of Field Engineering	$269,000	$229,000 – $350,000
29	VP of Security Engineering	$269,000	$229,000 – $350,000
30	VP of Machine Learning	$267,000	$227,000 – $347,000
31	CTO	$267,000	$208,000 – $347,000
32	VP of IT	$267,000	$227,000 – $347,000
33	VP of Infrastructure	$267,000	$227,000 – $347,000
34	VP of Analytics	$267,000	$227,000 – $347,000
35	Chief Commercial Officer	$267,000	$208,000 – $348,000
36	Chief Architect	$267,000	$227,000 – $347,000
37	VP of Information Security	$267,000	$227,000 – $347,000
38	Chief Data & AI Officer	$265,000	$197,000 – $346,000
39	VP of Data Engineering	$264,000	$225,000 – $343,000
40	VP of Information Technology	$264,000	$225,000 – $343,000
41	VP of Solutions Engineering	$264,000	$225,000 – $343,000
42	VP of Database Engineering	$264,000	$225,000 – $343,000
43	SVP of Sales	$264,000	$206,000 – $343,000
44	SVP of Strategy	$264,000	$206,000 – $343,000
45	VP of Quality	$264,000	$225,000 – $343,000
46	Senior Head of Security	$262,000	$223,000 – $341,000
47	VP of Data Science	$261,000	$222,000 – $340,000
48	Senior Head of Product	$261,000	$204,000 – $340,000
49	VP of Finance	$261,000	$222,000 – $340,000
50	VP of Developer Experience	$261,000	$222,000 – $340,000

Tax considerations

New Mexico's top income tax rate is 5.9%. Albuquerque has no city income tax. The moderate state rate and affordable housing create reasonable net compensation.

Negotiating in Albuquerque

Highlight security clearance or national lab experience. Sandia and Los Alamos pay nationally competitive salaries with excellent federal benefits packages.

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