Electrical Engineers Salary in Las Cruces, NM

Electrical Engineers pay range in Las Cruces

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $65,420 a year or less, while the top 10% make $134,780 or more. The middle half of electrical engineers in Las Cruces earn between $77,020 and $114,340.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Electrical Engineers salary after taxes in Las Cruces

On the average salary of $98,330, a single filer in Las Cruces takes home about $74,518 a year, or $6,210 a month and $2,866 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Las Cruces a good place for electrical engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Las Cruces area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.2), so the average $98,330 buys what about $108,999 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Las Cruces ($42,070). A typical home costs $288,339, or 2.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Electrical Engineers salary in other New Mexico cities

Las Cruces ranks 2nd of 2 New Mexico metro areas for this job; Albuquerque pays the most ($158,230).

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Highest-paying cities for electrical engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($189,370).

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