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New Mexico · week of October 19, 2026

New Mexico plant jobs: 48 open roles at 26 manufacturers

Who's hiring plant engineers, technicians and supervisors in New Mexico, what it pays, and what they ask for.

See all 48 New Mexico roles →What New Mexico plants ask for →

48
open plant roles
11
posted in the last 7 days

23% of all openings

26
manufacturers hiring

AeroVironment, Rocket Lab, Kairos Power

$91k–$139k
typical engineering base

+4% vs the US

The takeaways

  1. 1

    Quality has the most openings in New Mexico: 13 roles, ahead of manufacturing (9).

  2. 2

    $91k–$146k is the typical base for quality engineers, the best-paid team here (4 postings list pay).

  3. 3

    4% above the US typical engineering base: New Mexico pays $91k–$139k.

  4. 4

    AeroVironment is hiring the most, with 7 open plant roles.

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Openings and pay, team by team

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Open roles

openposted this week

Typical base pay (engineers and senior engineers)

  • QualityBest paid$91k–$146k
$90k$120k$150k

Skills plants name most

  • Root cause#1 ask38%
  • Automation31%
  • Team leadership29%
  • Lean27%
  • New product launch27%

Top 5 shown. See all of them →

Hiring the most

  1. 1AeroVironment7
  2. 2Rocket Lab5
  3. 3Kairos Power4
  4. 4IDEX4
  5. + the rest of the top hirers with a free account

By state

Where the plant jobs are

New Mexico: 48 open roles · #40 of 51

Top 5:1. California 1,4332. Texas 9703. Ohio 5574. Michigan 4645. North Carolina 409

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Who plants are hiring

Engineers, techs and supervisors

33 engineering and Lean / CI roles; 15 technician and supervisor roles on the same teams.

27%Engineer
  • Engineer13 · 27%
  • Senior11 · 23%
  • Manager / lead9 · 19%
  • Supervisor4 · 8%
  • Technician11 · 23%

How fresh

When these roles went up

Roles posted in the last two weeks get the fastest replies from teams.

  • This week11
  • 8–14 days6
  • 15–30 daysMost15
  • 30+ days4
  • Date not listed12

Where

Top cities

  • Albuquerque, NMMost roles26
  • Clovis, NM3
  • Las Cruces, NM2
  • Sunland Park, NM2
  • Las Vegas, NM2

Industries

Which industries are hiring

Openings by industry

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Go deeper: what moves pay

Belt and license premiums, pay by years asked, skills that come as a package, and the unusual perks plants offer.

See the findings →The pay model →

Source and method

Source
ShopFloorJobs analysis of 48 live plant job postings from 26 manufacturers' own careers sites (Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, iCIMS, Greenhouse and others), not job boards.
Collected
Week of October 19, 2026. Postings are re-checked daily; closed roles drop out.
Method
Each posting is counted once per role and city. Teams and levels are read from the job title; pay is the middle of each posting's listed range, for engineer and senior engineer levels, shown where at least 3 postings list one; skills are counted when the posting names them.

Cite this report

ShopFloorJobs, "New Mexico plant jobs report, week of October 19, 2026," Week of October 19, 2026. https://shopfloorjobs.com/reports/new-mexico

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