New Mexico prevailing wage
State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies
- New Mexico has its own prevailing-wage law (NMSA §§13-4-10 to 13-4-17 (Public Works Minimum Wage Act)), applying to public-works contracts over $60,000, administered by NM Dept. of Workforce Solutions, Labor Relations Division.
- The U.S. Department of Labor has 49 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 33 New Mexico counties as of (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
- Market context: the average private construction worker in New Mexico earned $1,322/week (≈ $33.05/hour) in Q1 2026, rank #49 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.
State and local public works over $60,000; also reaches projects financed via industrial revenue bonds.
How to find the required rate
- State or locally funded project: use the rate schedules from NM Dept. of Workforce Solutions, Labor Relations Division - official New Mexico prevailing-wage portal.
- Federally funded project: find the county in the New Mexico determination index and open the official SAM.gov document for your construction type.
- Read the classification line - base rate plus fringe (how to read a determination); compute totals and overtime with the calculator.
Federal determinations at a glance
Building: 26 · Heavy: 12 · Highway: 5 · Residential: 6 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the New Mexico wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 21 active SCA determinations for New Mexico.
What construction actually pays here
Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in New Mexico at $1,322/week (+3.8% YoY) in Q1 2026 - details and history on New Mexico construction wages.
Learn the system
What a prevailing wage is · The Davis-Bacon Act · Certified payroll · Fringe calculator
Data on this page is from U.S. government public-domain sources - free to reuse with credit and a link to prevailingwageindex.com.