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Chemical Engineers · SOC 17-2041

Chemical Engineers Salary in the Albuquerque Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Albuquerque, NM metro area

Figures describe the Albuquerque, NM metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Albuquerque city limits.

Median annual wage$163,380
Median hourly wage$78.55

Chemical Engineers in the Albuquerque, NM metro area earned a median of $163,380 per year ($78.55 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $70,100 at the 10th percentile to $205,360 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Chemical Engineers in the Albuquerque metro area earn more than $163,380 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $86,100 and $163,380.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$70,100$86,100$163,380$163,380$205,360
Hourly$33.70$41.40$78.55$78.55$98.73

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Albuquerque metro areathis metro area
    $163,380
  • New Mexicostate (NM)
    $158,190
  • United Statesnational
    $125,040

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +3% vs New Mexico overall and +31% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$66,230$98,613$130,997$163,380Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $66,230Ann Arbor, MI — $78,660Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $81,840Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $85,520Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $86,820Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $96,190Madison, WI — $97,190Ogden, UT — $98,090Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $98,350Omaha, NE-IA — $98,480Reading, PA — $100,190Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $101,410Huntsville, AL — $101,480Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $101,750Kansas City, MO-KS — $102,320Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $102,590New Haven, CT — $102,850Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $103,520Worcester, MA — $104,060Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $104,230Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $106,200Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $106,950Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $107,240Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $107,610Cleveland, OH — $108,350Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $108,570Akron, OH — $108,710Decatur, AL — $109,160Columbus, IN — $109,190Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $109,460Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $110,000Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $110,760Springfield, MA — $110,770Columbus, OH — $110,860Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $110,960Raleigh-Cary, NC — $111,210Peoria, IL — $111,880Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $111,980Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $112,770Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $114,800Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $115,890Richmond, VA — $117,150Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $117,440Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $118,010Evansville, IN — $120,990Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $122,730Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $123,860Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $125,200Boulder, CO — $125,800Corpus Christi, TX — $126,690New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $126,830Tulsa, OK — $127,360Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $127,770Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $128,110Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $128,610Wichita, KS — $128,780Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $129,060Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $129,070Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $129,790Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $129,850Kennewick-Richland, WA — $130,030Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $130,520Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $131,690Toledo, OH — $132,760Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $132,820St. Louis, MO-IL — $133,450Rochester, NY — $133,740Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $134,210Baton Rouge, LA — $134,800Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $135,110Lake Charles, LA — $136,810New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $136,870Mobile, AL — $137,170Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $138,120Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $139,220Pittsburgh, PA — $152,290Albuquerque, NM — $163,380

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Albuquerque metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 77 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Electrical Engineers$163,720Engineers, All Other$163,630Industrial Engineers$132,290Civil Engineers$105,080Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$153,900Architectural and Civil Drafters$46,740

Highest-paying metro areas for chemical engineerss · Highest-paying occupations in Albuquerque Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.