New Mexico · SOC 33-0000 · Annual, 2025
Protective service occupations in New Mexico
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 33-0000 in New Mexico, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 26,900 people in New Mexico worked in protective service occupations (SOC 33-0000), with an average annual wage of $57,980.
Employment in protective service occupations in New Mexico grew 9.6% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.3× as concentrated in New Mexico as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.28). Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 26,900. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for New Mexico are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 26,900Employment, 2025
- $57,980Mean annual wage
- 3.1%Share of New Mexico jobs
- 1.28Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 23,500; 2005 23,800; 2006 24,200; 2007 24,600; 2008 24,900; 2009 24,600; 2010 24,400; 2011 23,800; 2012 24,200; 2013 24,200; 2014 23,900; 2015 23,800; 2016 24,100; 2017 24,500; 2018 24,900; 2019 25,900; 2020 24,500; 2021 24,000; 2022 24,100; 2023 25,200; 2024 26,700; 2025 26,900.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26,865 | $57,982 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 26,675 | $55,505 | 5.9% |
| 2023 | 25,185 | $52,440 | 4.3% |
| 2022 | 24,141 | $48,893 | 0.4% |
| 2021 | 24,033 | $46,499 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 24,515 | $45,313 | 5.4% |
| 2019 | 25,918 | $42,223 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 24,873 | $41,576 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 24,453 | $40,689 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 24,054 | $40,278 | 0.9% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Protective service occupations in New Mexico, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for protective service occupations in New Mexico. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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