New Mexico

State, USPS NM · 34.42, -106.11

5 findings fired for New Mexico this run, against a typical home value of $318,241 in August 2026 and covered employment of 867,405 in 2026 Q1.

Typical home value
$318,241
as of 2026-08
  • 38th pct · 32nd of 51 US states · median $350,752

Zillow Home Value Index, state file: the middle third of the market, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Home value, 1-yr
1.7%
as of 2026-08
  • 42nd pct · 30th of 51 US states · median 2.1%

Zillow's own twelve-month change on the state row.

Jobs
867,405
as of 2026 Q1
  • 25th pct · 39th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777

BLS QCEW covered employment, third month of the quarter, all ownerships.

Average weekly wage
$1,235
as of 2026 Q1
  • 10th pct · 46th of 52 US states · median $1,416

Total quarterly wages divided by average employment and by thirteen weeks; one covered job, not a household.

Establishments
67,081
as of 2026 Q1
  • 25th pct · 39th of 52 US states · median 161,279

BLS QCEW reporting units, all ownerships.

Jobs, over the year
-0.4%
as of 2026 Q1
  • 30th pct · 35th of 52 US states · median -0.2%

BLS's own published over-the-year change. The newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so this is their figure, not a subtraction of ours.

A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.

Home values #

currentas of 2026-08-31retrieved 2026-10-02

Typical home $318,241 (Aug 2026), +1.7% over one year, +25.9% over five

  • 38th pct · 32nd of 51 US states · median $350,752
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
ItemValueDistance
New Mexico$318,241 · +1.7% 1-yr

Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.

Rent #

not applicableretrieved 2026-10-02Zillow's rent index is not read at state scale by this app: the state assembler is handed a null rent table, so typical rent and price-to-rent are structurally absent here rather than missing this month. Both are published per county and per metro area, and the county and metro pages print them.

Rather than print an empty row that suggests a number could arrive, the rows are omitted and the reason is stated. The rent figures for this state's counties are on their own pages.

Jobs & wages #

currentas of 2026 Q1retrieved 2026-10-02

867,405 jobs at 67,081 employers (2026 Q1); -0.4% jobs and +2.7% average weekly wage over the year

  • 25th pct · 39th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
ItemValueDistance
New Mexico867,405 jobs · $1,235/wk · -0.4% YoY
NAICS sector mix, BLS QCEW 2026 Q1. A location quotient above 1 means the sector employs a larger share here than nationally. A withheld cell is absent, not zero.
SectorJobsAverage weekly wageLocation quotient
Health care and social assistance133,302$1,0471.02
Retail trade92,742$7261.10
Accommodation and food services86,741$5081.11
Professional and technical services66,404$2,2471.11
Construction54,377$1,3221.20
Administrative and waste services46,026$1,0960.93
Manufacturing27,730$1,4910.40
Transportation and warehousing25,321$1,1810.69
Mining, oil and gas23,698$2,1677.67
Finance and insurance22,323$1,8610.63
Other services21,205$9690.82
Wholesale trade21,035$1,5780.63
Educational services12,332$1,0440.66
Arts, entertainment and recreation11,266$5970.79
Real estate and rental10,357$1,1030.78
Information9,281$1,6130.58
Agriculture, forestry, fishing7,999$8341.28
Management of companies4,826$2,0720.33
Utilities4,552$2,2141.33

BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.

Affordability #

unavailableretrieved 2026-10-02Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.

Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.

Trade gateways #

currentretrieved 2026-10-02

No medium or large harbour within 200 km and no land port of entry within 250 km

These are the gateways near the state’s centroid, within the radii named above, not every port and crossing inside the state boundary. lib/economy searches a disc around a point; there is no clip-to-boundary path.

NGA World Port Index harbours (medium and large, or any with BTS statistics) and BTS Border Crossing Entry Data ports; BTS Port Performance volumes for the latest reporting year.

National pulse #

unavailableretrieved 2026-10-02this source was not loaded for this page

National series not loaded

FRED series (Freddie Mac, Census, BEA, EIA, BLS, S&P) and BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators; each item carries its own date and source.

Largest counties #

currentas of 2026 Q1retrieved 2026-10-02

The 12 counties of New Mexico with the most covered jobs.

The largest counties of New Mexico by covered employment.
CountyJobsFIPS
Bernalillo County343,77035001
Doña Ana County81,24135013
Santa Fe County61,56935049
San Juan County46,95535045
Sandoval County34,92135043
Lea County34,46635025
Eddy County33,91935015
Los Alamos County22,18235028
Chaves County21,99735005
McKinley County19,28035031
Valencia County18,34535061
Curry County18,18835009

Ranked by BLS QCEW third-month covered employment from the same nationwide table the screener uses. A county whose cell BLS withheld is absent from the ranking, not last in it.

Metropolitan areas #

currentretrieved 2026-10-02

4 metropolitan statistical areas lie wholly or partly in New Mexico.

Metropolitan statistical areas in New Mexico.
Metropolitan areaCBSA
Albuquerque, NM10740
Farmington, NM22140
Las Cruces, NM29740
Santa Fe, NM42140

From the bundled place manifest, which derives its metro table offline from the committed BLS OEWS metro index. A metro that spans a state line appears on both states' pages.

Water #

not applicableretrieved 2026-10-02There is no state water report here. lib/water searches discs of 75 km for gauges and wells and 150 km for reservoirs around a single point; a disc around a state's centroid is not a state, and presenting one as a state figure would be a false claim. The county pages carry the water sections, each labelled with its own radius.

Drought, reservoirs, stream gauges and groundwater wells are reported around a point, with every row's distance printed. That is a county page's section, not a state's.

National indicator context #

currentretrieved 2026-10-02

None of these series is keyed to this state. They are national, gauge, single-state or port series, shown as context for the numbers above.

The national indicator set, filtered by lens only.
IndicatorLatestUnitStatus
Mississippi River at Memphis, stagenot publishedftno data
Mississippi River at St. Louis, stagenot publishedftno data
Ohio River at Louisville, stage16.50ftok
Missouri River at St. Joseph, stagenot publishedftno data
Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases)5,170.00ft³/sok
Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full71.30%ok
Laredo truck crossings, monthly258,700.00trucksok
Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual10,513,167.00TEUwatch
Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports6.00shipsok
Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate6,830.00$ per 40 ft boxwatch
US diesel retail pricenot published$ per gallonno data
WTI crude oil, spotnot published$ per barrelno data
30-year fixed mortgage ratenot published%no data
Housing starts, annual ratenot publishedthousands of unitsno data
Building permits, annual ratenot publishedthousands of unitsno data
Case-Shiller US home price indexnot publishedindex, Jan 2000 = 100no data
Unemployment ratenot published%no data
US goods and services trade balance, monthlynot published$ millionsno data
Retail sales excluding food services, monthlynot published$ millionsno data

lib/indicators has no geographic selection: every registry entry is a United States, gauge, Texas, port, crossing or world series. Reading these as this state's own readings would be wrong.

What changed #

currentretrieved 2026-10-02

New Mexico: 5 findings, 1 at a watch level and 4 noted

  1. watchNew Mexico's covered employment is -0.4% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.

    Period 2026 Q1.
    Show the arithmetic
    • test: jobs.yoy.emp = -0.4 < 0

    BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level

  2. noteNew Mexico's average weekly wage was 2.7% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.

    Period 2026 Q1.
    Show the arithmetic
    • +2.7 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
    • the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed

    BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published

  3. noteNew Mexico's covered employment was 0.4% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.

    Period 2026 Q1.
    Show the arithmetic
    • -0.4 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
    • the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed

    BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published

  4. noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering New Mexico is due between 2026-09-25 and 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

    Show the arithmetic
    • window = 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

  5. noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering New Mexico is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

    Show the arithmetic
    • window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

The full New Mexico brief, with the arithmetic behind every sentence.

Every sentence in the brief is written by a rule table in lib/brief, not generated, and each one can print the arithmetic behind its number.

Sources #

  • publishedTIGERwebU.S. Census Bureauopen the source
    tigerWMS_Current · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • publishedZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    State_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv · period 2026-08 · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • publishedZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    Metro_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv · period 2026-08 · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 35000, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 35000, NAICS sectors, private ownership · period 2026-Q1 · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · momentum = momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%); terms home value 1-yr change +1.7% / ±10% × 0.3, jobs over-the-year change -0.4% / ±3% × 0.3, avg weekly wage over-the-year change +2.7% / ±6% × 0.25
  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 35, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
  • estimateQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns

Citations

  • U.S. Census Bureau. TIGERweb. series tigerWMS_Current. https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). series State_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. period 2026-08. https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zhvi/State_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). series Metro_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. period 2026-08. https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zhvi/Metro_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 35000, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/35000.csv. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 35000, NAICS sectors, private ownership. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/35000.csv. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: momentum = momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%); terms home value 1-yr change +1.7% / ±10% × 0.3, jobs over-the-year change -0.4% / ±3% × 0.3, avg weekly wage over-the-year change +2.7% / ±6% × 0.25.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 35, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/35.csv. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%).
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. https://www.bls.gov/cew/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns.

What these numbers are not

  • A 75 km disc around a state's centroid is not a state water report, so the water section is omitted at state scale rather than presented as one.
  • FRED did not answer for the 30-year mortgage rate (MORTGAGE30US), so the monthly payment estimate is omitted rather than computed from a stale rate.
  • Zillow publishes its rent index (ZORI) for counties and metros only, so statewide rent and price-to-rent are empty here, not zero.
  • Statewide figures: descend below 2,500 km for the county.
  • Mortgage rate not loaded (FRED), so the payment estimate is missing.
  • The indicator block is the NATIONAL set, filtered only by lens. None of these series is keyed to this place: they are United States, gauge, single-state or port series and they are shown as context, not as this place's own readings.

Page assembled 2026-10-02T00:53:44.453Z. Place identity tables have never been pulled: names, centroids and memberships come from the offline seed, which is complete for states and metropolitan areas and partial for counties.