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New Mexico's minimum wage is $12.00 per hour, effective January 1, 2023, under NMSA §50-4-22. — Source

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New Mexico wage calculators

New Mexico sets a $12.00 minimum under NMSA § 50-4-22, with local ordinances in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces setting higher rates above the state floor — though local rates were not accessible from primary sources during research.

Current verified rates

Rates are read from the shared source registry. Values marked unverified in the registry render nothing.

New Mexico minimum wage

$12.00/hour

Effective 2023-01-01 · source

Who this rate applies to

Single statewide $12.00/hr in NMSA §50-4-22(A); tipped workers $3.00/hr under current bracketed text. Local ordinances may set higher rates but were not re-verified here.

The headline rate may not apply to every worker. New Mexico has additional worker-class rates recorded only as prose above. Check the source before relying on the headline figure for a specific job or employer type.

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Available tools

New Mexico calculators and guides

Note: New Mexico has worker- and employer-class exceptions, so these tools cannot assume the headline rate applies to every worker. Verify your own situation against the cited sources.

Start hereMinimum Wage$12.00/hr effective January 1, 2023 (NMSA § 50-4-22(A)); tipped: $3.00/hr (25% of minimum); no CPI indexing confirmed (proposed HB 522 died); local ordinances exist in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces (rates unverified — GAP).

OvertimeNMSA § 50-4-22(D): weekly-40 at 1.5×; mirrors FLSA standard.

How New Mexico differs

Weekly overtime: New Mexico requires time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Source.