Job title · New Mexico

IT Specialist (government) in New Mexico

New Mexico State Personnel Office (SPO), Compensation and Classification lists 5 job classes for this work in the New Mexico state pay plan: Associate IT Support Technician, IT Support Technician, Senior IT Support Technician, +2 more.

$42,773 – $134,063
state pay plan range, a year
5
classes in the state plan
$127,090
median pay in NM, all employers
1,650
workers in NM (SOC 15-1299)

Sources: New Mexico State Personnel Office (SPO), Compensation and Classification, New Mexico Classified Service — FY27 Salary Schedule (effective 7/4/2026) and Classification and Pay Listing (effective 7/30/2026); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

New Mexico state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 4, 2026. These are the ranges New Mexico sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Associate IT Support Technician
Class IEUP13
Grade C4
$42,773 – $64,160 a year
IT Support Technician
Class IEUP15
Grade C5
$47,050 – $70,575 a year
Senior IT Support Technician
Class IEUP17
Grade C7
$56,931 – $85,396 a year
IT Business Analyst
Class IBBA23
Grade C10
$75,775 – $113,663 a year
Senior IT Business Analyst
Class IBBA26
Grade C11
$83,790 – $134,063 a year

Schedule: FY27 Classified Service Salary Schedule (effective 7/4/2026). Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions. Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: New Mexico State Personnel Office (SPO), Compensation and Classification, New Mexico Classified Service — FY27 Salary Schedule (effective 7/4/2026) and Classification and Pay Listing (effective 7/30/2026). Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in New Mexico, all employers Sourced

Computer Occupations, All Other (SOC 15-1299) in New Mexico, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureNM
Workers1,650
10th percentile$70,120
Median$127,090
90th percentile$194,850
National median, government employers$119,250

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national IT Specialist (government) page.

IT Specialist (government) in other states