SmartAsset News:Who doesn’t love payday? The influx of cash makes people ecstatic. SmartAsset, a financial technology company, set out to find the most paycheck friendly places in New Mexico, and Los Alamos County tops the list:
|
Rank
|
County
|
Semi-Monthly Paycheck
|
Purchasing Power
|
Unemployment Rate
|
Income Growth
|
Paycheck Friendliness Index
|
|
1
|
Los Alamos
|
$1,618
|
3.22x
|
4.8%
|
1.1%
|
63.94
|
|
2
|
De Baca
|
$1,618
|
1.27x
|
5.2%
|
6.4%
|
51.63
|
|
3
|
Lea
|
$1,618
|
1.85x
|
9.7%
|
5.2%
|
50.67
|
|
4
|
Eddy
|
$1,618
|
1.70x
|
6.7%
|
2.9%
|
49.80
|
|
5
|
Catron
|
$1,618
|
1.31x
|
7.0%
|
5.3%
|
48.72
|
|
6
|
Curry
|
$1,618
|
1.38x
|
5.5%
|
1.9%
|
46.99
|
|
7
|
Sandoval
|
$1,618
|
1.80x
|
7.1%
|
0.1%
|
46.96
|
|
8
|
Santa Fe
|
$1,618
|
1.59x
|
5.5%
|
0.0%
|
46.67
|
|
9
|
Bernalillo
|
$1,618
|
1.52x
|
6.1%
|
1.0%
|
46.49
|
|
10
|
Chaves
|
$1,618
|
1.39x
|
7.5%
|
2.2%
|
45.13
|
Top counties were weighed based on local purchasing power, income growth, and unemployment rate.
Additional details on the study, including methodology and an interactive map, can be found here: https://smartasset.com/taxes/new-mexico-paycheck-calculator#newmexico/overall
