HR Manager Salary in New Mexico (2026)

Worth knowing: Sandia + LANL DOE National Laboratory cleared workforce HR is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US single-state DOE cleared HR operations and a feature most national HR surveys understate for NM. The substantial NM cleared workforce HR cluster (Sandia ~11K Albuquerque + LANL ~14K + Kirtland ~21K + WSMR ~12K + Holloman + Cannon ~5K each) supports the country's substantial single-state DOE Lab + DoD cleared HR workforce concentration outside DC/MD/NoVa. Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque substantial cleared HR (~11K Sandia cleared workforce + the substantial Sandia post-2017 NTESS Honeywell HR + the substantial Sandia UPTE-CWA Communication Workers of America Local 9415 union representation post-2018 unionization vote covering substantial Sandia technical + professional workforce + the substantial Sandia DOE Q clearance processing + the substantial Sandia recruiting from UNM + NM Tech + national STEM PhD pipeline + the substantial Sandia post-NTESS retention focus) supports substantial cleared HR work. Senior cleared Sandia HRBPs clear $115-172K. LANL Los Alamos substantial cleared HR (~14K LANL cleared workforce + the substantial LANL post-2018 Triad National Security M&O HR + the substantial LANL post-2024 plutonium pit production workforce expansion supporting ~30 pits/yr target hiring of substantial cleared engineering + technical workforce + the substantial LANL Doctor of Nursing Practice + LANL Plutonium Facility 4 PF-4 workforce expansion + the substantial LANL DOE Q clearance processing) supports substantial LANL cleared HR. Senior cleared LANL HRBPs clear $115-172K. Kirtland AFB substantial cleared AFRL + 58th SOW cleared HR + the substantial Kirtland cleared contractor HR workforce. Intel Rio Rancho substantial semiconductor manufacturing HR supporting the substantial post-2021 Intel $3.5B+ Rio Rancho expansion + the substantial Intel Foundry Services hiring ramp + the substantial post-2022 CHIPS Act Intel manufacturing workforce. Presbyterian Healthcare Services (the largest NM health system ~12K Presbyterian employees + Presbyterian Hospital + Presbyterian Kaseman + Presbyterian Rust + Presbyterian Espanola + the substantial Presbyterian-UnitedHealth Optum partnership + the substantial Presbyterian Healthcare Services HR) supports substantial NM healthcare HR. The substantial NM tribal HR (Sandia Casino + Isleta + Buffalo Thunder + Inn of the Mountain Gods + the substantial NM 19 Pueblos + Navajo Nation NM-portion + Mescalero + Jicarilla Apache + the substantial NM tribal sovereignty HR + Tribal Employment Rights Office TERO compliance + tribal Indian preference hiring + the substantial NM tribal-state cross-jurisdictional HR) supports substantial NM tribal HR work. NM is NOT a RTW state — the substantial NM post-1947 RTW rejection + the substantial NM public + private sector collective bargaining preserved + the substantial NM unionization of Sandia + state employees + the substantial post-2018 UPTE-CWA Sandia organizing victory + the substantial NM Department of Workforce Solutions labor relations. NM progressive 1.7-5.9% top by 2026 + NM property tax ~0.74% + no state estate tax anchor the NM HR proposition.