Supply Chain Management Degrees In New Mexico

The Nearest Supply Chain Programs To New Mexico

Neither accreditor lists a supply chain, logistics or transportation program in New Mexico. For New Mexico, the closest accredited options are across the border: Texas (51), Arizona (11), Oklahoma (nine), Colorado (eight) and Utah (seven).

The table gives the lowest verified cost in each of New Mexico’s neighbors.

Every Accredited Program In The States Around New Mexico

New Mexico’s neighbors have 51 programs; the first 30 by state are below. 14 of them name an online format, which a New Mexico resident could take without crossing the border.

Tuition Discounts For New Mexico Residents

New Mexico belongs to one regional tuition exchange. WUE is open to New Mexico residents for undergraduate study. Besides New Mexico, 10 member states have 84 programs, 33 of them in California.

For a New Mexico student, an exchange is the main way to save. Before applying, New Mexico students should ask each school whether WUE covers its degree.

Studying Supply Chain Management Online In New Mexico

Without a campus program in New Mexico, online study is how a New Mexico resident earns an accredited degree without moving.

A New Mexico student enrolling online elsewhere should check whether the school charges New Mexico residents its online rate or a nonresident one, and whether New Mexico students must spend time on campus.

For a New Mexico student, these are the six lowest online master’s totals we list.

Supply Chain Pay In New Mexico

In New Mexico, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $134,790. Logisticians in New Mexico earn a median of $98,430, above the $82,320 national figure; New Mexico’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $63,190 and the top tenth over $146,850.

For transportation, storage and distribution managers in New Mexico, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $101,420, with the 10th percentile at $65,610 and the 90th at $155,370. On the procurement side, New Mexico’s purchasing managers earn a median of $134,790 and its buyers and purchasing agents $76,740, across 2,250 jobs.

Pay And The Cost Of Living In New Mexico

At 92.2 for 2024, New Mexico’s BEA price level sits 7.8% under the U.S. average, so New Mexico’s $98,430 logistician median buys what $106,743 would nationally. Adjusted that way, New Mexico ranks second of 51 for logistician pay.

Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM pays New Mexico’s highest logistician median, $101,270, $2,840 above the New Mexico figure.

New Mexico Pay Against Its Neighbors

New Mexico pays logisticians more than any state on its border, at $98,430. Adjusted for prices, New Mexico comes out on top, at $106,743 in national terms.

Where The Supply Chain Jobs Are In New Mexico

New Mexico’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (2,250), then production, planning, and expediting clerks (1,040) and logisticians (850). New Mexico holds 0.3% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and New Mexico logisticians are 0.3% of the U.S. total.

The managers’ occupation has 0.757 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico (location quotient 0.53), ranking New Mexico 42nd of 50 and well below the national share. In New Mexico, logisticians hold 0.977 jobs per 1,000 (0.61 quotient, 40th).

New Mexico Logistics Industries

County Business Patterns counts 23,936 transportation and warehousing jobs at 1,462 New Mexico employers in 2023, plus 20,705 jobs in New Mexico’s wholesale trade. By that count New Mexico ranks 39th of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.

Within it, trucking is New Mexico’s largest freight line, 8,288 jobs, followed by warehousing and storage at 5,647. Warehousing and storage employs 5,647 people at 71 New Mexico sites, 38th among the states. The best-paid of these lines in New Mexico is air transportation, averaging $94,296 a year per job.

Supply Chain Job Growth In New Mexico Through 2034

In New Mexico, logisticians grow fastest: +22.9%, from 940 jobs in 2024 to 1,150 in 2034, per New Mexico’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in New Mexico is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at +2.7%.

Across its six core supply chain occupations, New Mexico expects about 330 openings a year. Five of New Mexico’s six are projected to outpace the U.S.

Supply Chain Occupations In New Mexico, One By One

Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In New Mexico

New Mexico has 660 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $101,420, puts New Mexico 35th of 52. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $82,320 to $120,890, and the outer tenths reach $65,610 and $155,370. At 0.757 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 0.53 (42nd). New Mexico’s labor office projects +6% to 2034, about 40 openings a year.

Logisticians In New Mexico

New Mexico has 850 logisticians. Their median, $98,430, puts New Mexico eighth of 52. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $78,080 to $119,740, and the outer tenths reach $63,190 and $146,850. At 0.977 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 0.61 (40th). New Mexico’s labor office projects +22.9% to 2034, about 110 openings a year.

Purchasing Managers In New Mexico

New Mexico has 240 purchasing managers. Their median, $134,790, puts New Mexico 27th of 51. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $108,280 to $160,680, and the outer tenths reach $94,710 and $192,480. At 0.271 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 0.5 (46th). New Mexico’s labor office projects +9.6% to 2034, about 20 openings a year.

Buyers And Purchasing Agents In New Mexico

New Mexico has 2,250 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $76,740, puts New Mexico 18th of 52. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $59,980 to $103,400, and the outer tenths reach $47,670 and $127,820. At 2.578 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 0.82 (40th).

Operations Research Analysts In New Mexico

New Mexico has 510 operations research analysts. Their median, $80,360, puts New Mexico 34th of 48. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $61,580 to $118,360, and the outer tenths reach $49,940 and $150,030. At 0.585 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 0.84 (19th). New Mexico’s labor office projects +24.7% to 2034, about 40 openings a year.

Industrial Production Managers In New Mexico

New Mexico has 670 industrial production managers. Their median, $124,670, puts New Mexico 23rd of 51. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $99,170 to $173,540, and the outer tenths reach $74,910 and $216,390. At 0.774 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 0.49 (44th). New Mexico’s labor office projects +8% to 2034, about 50 openings a year.

Cargo And Freight Agents In New Mexico

New Mexico has 110 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $48,910, puts New Mexico 36th of 49. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $44,570 to $63,010, and the outer tenths reach $38,190 and $81,180. At 0.125 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 0.2 (48th). New Mexico’s labor office projects +9.2% to 2034, about 10 openings a year.

Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In New Mexico

New Mexico has 1,040 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $49,640, puts New Mexico 51st of 52. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $41,910 to $66,330, and the outer tenths reach $36,850 and $97,350. At 1.193 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 0.48 (44th). New Mexico’s labor office projects +2.7% to 2034, about 100 openings a year.

Compliance Officers In New Mexico

New Mexico has 2,400 compliance officers. Their median, $67,990, puts New Mexico 43rd of 52. The middle half of New Mexico’s pay for this occupation runs from $50,190 to $97,160, and the outer tenths reach $44,550 and $120,760. At 2.755 jobs per 1,000 in New Mexico, its location quotient is 1.03 (20th). New Mexico’s labor office projects +6.5% to 2034, about 220 openings a year.

New Mexico Freight And The Supply Chain Economy

Counting shipments that start, end or stay in New Mexico, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 284.4 million tons of freight worth $222.6 billion moved in 2024. That ranks New Mexico 37th of 51 by value and 35th by weight, and 43% of its tonnage never leaves the state.

By value, electronics and natural gas and fossil products lead New Mexico’s freight. By weight, New Mexico moves mostly natural gas and fossil products and crude petroleum. In New Mexico, pipelines carry 62.3% of the tons, trucks 22.1% and rail 10.4%.

New Mexico’s largest domestic trading partner is Texas ($40.9 billion, both directions), then Arizona and Louisiana. New Mexico exported $12.0 billion of freight, mostly to Mexico, and imported $8.8 billion, mostly from Eastern Asia. The framework forecasts New Mexico’s tonnage to grow -13.4% by 2050 and its real value 28.9%.

How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In New Mexico

1. For a New Mexico student, weigh a campus in Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma against an online program; Texas has the most choice next door, with 51.
2. Ask about WUE before ruling out a school outside New Mexico; New Mexico’s residents can use it for undergraduate study.
3. Match the program to where you’ll work: in New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM pays logisticians most, $101,270 against $98,430 statewide.
4. Look at demand too: in New Mexico, logisticians grow fastest, +22.9% by 2034.

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