Salario de Psicólogo en New Mexico (2026)

Vale la pena saber: New Mexico's distinctive psychologist prescribing authority RxP since 2002 is one of the country's earliest US prescribing psychologist grants and a feature most national psychology compensation surveys understate for NM. NM HB 170 of 2002 (signed by Gov. Gary Johnson March 2002 + effective post-2004 NM Board of Psychologist Examiners rule promulgation) granted NM-licensed psychologists prescribing authority — the substantial first US state (followed only by LA 2004 + IL 2014 + IA 2016 + ID 2017 + CO 2023) to authorize psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications after completing the substantial post-doctoral master's-level psychopharmacology training + supervised practicum + the substantial NM Board of Psychologist Examiners conditional + full prescribing authority. The substantial NM RxP credentialing pathway requires substantial completion of NM Board of Psychologist Examiners-approved post-doctoral psychopharmacology training (~450+ contact hours + supervised clinical practicum + the substantial NM-LASD Liaisons Across Service Departments collaborative supervision) supporting substantial NM-specific prescribing psychologist work particularly in the substantial NM Navajo Nation + Pueblo + Apache + the substantial NM rural Northwest + Southeast underserved behavioral health populations. Senior NM RxP prescribing psychologists clear $135-215K+ TC commanding substantial RxP credentialing premium over standard licensed psychologist compensation. UNM Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Albuquerque + UNM Mind Research Network (the substantial UNM MIND post-2000s brain imaging + neuropsychology + the substantial UNM Mind Research Network Magnetoencephalography MEG + functional MRI + the substantial UNM Center for Development & Disability behavioral pediatrics) supports substantial NM academic psychology work. Las Vegas Behavioral Health Institute Las Vegas NM (formerly NM Behavioral Health Institute + the substantial NM state-operated psychiatric hospital + the substantial Las Vegas BHI Forensic Inpatient Services + the substantial NM Corrections Department forensic psychology supporting ~6K NM inmate population across NM Corrections facilities) supports substantial NM forensic psychiatric work. NM Indian Health Service IHS substantial Gallup IMC + Santa Fe IHS + ACL behavioral health + the substantial federal IHS Loan Repayment Program substantial psychologist recruitment. Albuquerque VA Medical Center + Santa Fe VA + Las Cruces VA + Kirtland + Cannon + Holloman MTF substantial federal psychology at GS-12/13. NM PsyPact participation since 2020 supports NM psychologist interstate telepsychology across all 40+ PsyPact states. NM progressive 1.7-5.9% top by 2026 + NM is NOT a RTW state anchor the NM psychologist proposition.