Cybersecurity Analyst Salary in New Mexico (2026)

Worth knowing: Sandia + LANL + Kirtland + Holloman + Cannon + White Sands Missile Range is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US DOE National Laboratory + DoD cleared cyber operations cluster and a feature most national cyber surveys understate for NM. The substantial NM cleared cyber cluster supports substantial single-state cleared cyber workforce concentration outside DC/MD/NoVa. Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque substantial cleared cyber engineering (~11K Sandia cleared workforce + the substantial Sandia Cyber Engineering Research Institute CERI + the substantial Sandia cyber for nuclear weapons safety + the substantial Sandia ICS/OT industrial control system security + the substantial Sandia red team operations + the substantial Sandia post-NTESS Honeywell cyber operations + DOE Q clearance premium) operates substantial cleared cyber engineering work. Senior Sandia cleared cyber engineers clear $135-215K+ TC. LANL Los Alamos substantial cleared cyber (~14K LANL cleared workforce + the substantial LANL Cyber Security Sciences Group + the substantial LANL post-2018 Triad National Security cyber for plutonium pit production + the substantial LANL HPC Trinity + Crossroads cyber + the substantial LANL High Performance Networking cyber + DOE Q clearance premium) operates substantial LANL cleared cyber work. Senior LANL cleared cyber engineers clear $135-215K+ TC. Kirtland AFB Albuquerque substantial cleared cyber (~21K total + the substantial AF Research Lab AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate cleared space cyber + Directed Energy Directorate cleared directed energy cyber + the substantial 377th Air Base Wing cyber + 58th Special Operations Wing CV-22 Osprey cyber + the substantial post-2024 AFRL Space Force cyber lift) supports substantial Kirtland cleared cyber. Holloman AFB 49th Wing substantial MQ-9 Reaper RPA cyber + Cannon AFB 27th Special Operations Wing AFSOC substantial AC-130 + ISR cyber. White Sands Missile Range substantial cleared Army Test and Evaluation + missile defense cyber. Intel Rio Rancho Fab 11X substantial semiconductor cyber + supply chain cyber + the substantial post-2021 Intel Foundry Services cyber. UNM Health Sciences Center + Presbyterian Healthcare Services + Lovelace Health System substantial HIPAA SOC + medical device security. UNM Cybersecurity Programs + NM Tech Cybersecurity + NMSU Cybersecurity Center feed substantial NM cleared cyber pipeline. NM progressive 1.7-5.9% top by 2026 + NM is NOT a RTW state + NM property tax ~0.74% + no state estate tax + NM gross receipts tax ~5.125% state + local anchor the NM cybersecurity proposition.