SMART ASSET News:According to research from SmartAsset, a financial technology company, Los Alamos County residents are receiving among the highest-annual Social Security payments in New Mexico.
Check out the table below to see how the top counties in New Mexico stacked up:
|
Rank
|
County
|
Cost of Living
|
Annual Social Security
|
Social Security Taxed?
|
Annual Social Security Index
|
|
1
|
Los Alamos, NM
|
$19,722
|
$20,798
|
Yes
|
82.20
|
|
2
|
Lincoln, NM
|
$18,750
|
$18,908
|
Yes
|
71.18
|
|
3
|
Sandoval, NM
|
$19,218
|
$18,503
|
Yes
|
68.82
|
|
4
|
Catron, NM
|
$18,606
|
$18,291
|
Yes
|
67.59
|
|
5
|
Santa Fe, NM
|
$22,206
|
$18,171
|
Yes
|
66.89
|
|
6
|
Rio Arriba, NM
|
$19,146
|
$17,647
|
Yes
|
63.83
|
|
7
|
Torrance, NM
|
$19,218
|
$17,591
|
Yes
|
63.50
|
|
8
|
Bernalillo, NM
|
$19,218
|
$17,406
|
Yes
|
62.43
|
|
9
|
Grant, NM
|
$18,606
|
$17,394
|
Yes
|
62.36
|
|
10
|
Eddy, NM
|
$19,338
|
$17,354
|
Yes
|
62.12
|
The research is a key factor in SmartAsset’s annual Social Security study, which also includes cost of living data and taxes as factors in addition to the annual payments.The full study results, methodology, and interactive map can be found here: https://smartasset.com/retirement/social-security-calculator#newmexico.
