IT Manager Salary in New Mexico (2026)

Worth knowing: Sandia + LANL classified IT is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US DOE National Laboratory cleared computing operations and a feature most national IT manager surveys understate for NM. Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque substantial cleared IT (~11K Sandia cleared workforce + the substantial Sandia IT organization supporting DOE National Laboratory cleared computing + the substantial Sandia Restricted Network for classified processing + the substantial Sandia Unclassified Network + the substantial Sandia post-2017 NTESS Honeywell enterprise architecture + the substantial Sandia HPC supporting nuclear weapon physics + the substantial Sandia Microsystems Engineering Sciences and Applications MESA IT + the substantial Sandia California Livermore IT partnership + DOE Q clearance premium) operates substantial cleared IT work. Senior cleared Sandia IT managers clear $128-200K+ TC. LANL Los Alamos substantial cleared IT (~14K LANL cleared workforce + the substantial LANL IT organization + the substantial LANL HPC division ~500+ computational scientists + LANL Trinity supercomputer ~40 petaflops + LANL Crossroads ATS-3 NNSA exascale system + the substantial LANL Sigma Network for classified processing + the substantial LANL post-2018 Triad National Security IT + the substantial LANL Advanced Simulation and Computing ASC IT supporting nuclear weapon physics simulation + DOE Q clearance premium) operates substantial LANL cleared IT work. Senior cleared LANL IT managers clear $128-200K+ TC. Kirtland AFB Albuquerque substantial cleared AFRL Space Vehicles + Directed Energy Directorate IT + the substantial 58th Special Operations Wing CV-22 Osprey IT + the substantial post-2024 AFRL Space Force lift IT. Intel Rio Rancho Fab 11X substantial semiconductor manufacturing IT supporting Intel Foundry Services post-2021 expansion + the substantial post-2022 CHIPS Act Intel manufacturing IT. UNM Health Sciences Center substantial Epic + clinical IT supporting UNM Hospital + UNM Cancer Center + Carrie Tingley Children's Hospital. Presbyterian Healthcare Services (the largest NM health system + ~12K Presbyterian employees + the substantial Presbyterian Healthcare Services Epic IT + the substantial Presbyterian-UnitedHealth Optum partnership) substantial in-house clinical IT. Sandia LFCU + LANL FCU + Nusenda Credit Union substantial NM regional banking + credit union IT. Holloman + Cannon + WSMR substantial cleared federal IT. 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 IT manager proposition.