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New Mexico: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in New Mexico from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20264.7%#44 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20254.2%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 2025985.7K+0.4% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025944.2K41,534 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	4.2%	985,701	944,167	41,534
2024	4.1%	981,492	941,313	40,179
2023	3.7%	966,516	930,980	35,536
2022	4.1%	946,148	907,560	38,588
2021	7.1%	939,995	873,417	66,578
2020	7.9%	930,743	857,286	73,457
2019	5.0%	956,965	909,341	47,624
2018	4.9%	945,923	899,153	46,770
2017	6.1%	945,920	888,037	57,883
2016	6.8%	945,359	881,371	63,988
2015	6.6%	940,779	878,504	62,275
2014	6.6%	935,036	873,687	61,349
2013	6.9%	932,775	868,358	64,417
2012	6.9%	932,723	867,952	64,771
2011	7.2%	929,841	862,811	67,030
2010	7.8%	935,251	861,949	73,302
2009	7.1%	936,477	870,351	66,126
2008	4.4%	945,619	904,195	41,424
2007	3.6%	931,402	898,296	33,106
2006	4.2%	924,806	885,867	38,939
2005	5.2%	913,623	866,018	47,605
2004	5.6%	897,323	847,210	50,113
2003	5.9%	885,851	833,408	52,443
2002	5.5%	871,552	823,771	47,781
2001	5.0%	859,065	816,418	42,647
2000	5.0%	848,394	805,947	42,447
1999	5.6%	838,078	791,157	46,921
1998	6.2%	835,863	783,692	52,171
1997	6.4%	822,033	769,361	52,672
1996	7.6%	815,705	754,101	61,604
1995	6.6%	800,713	747,682	53,031
1994	6.5%	781,037	730,090	50,947
1993	7.3%	757,046	701,651	55,395
1992	7.3%	736,570	682,586	53,984
1991	7.3%	722,542	670,151	52,391
1990	6.7%	713,032	665,546	47,486
1989	6.7%	698,545	651,439	47,106
1988	7.6%	687,420	635,188	52,232
1987	9.0%	679,610	618,609	61,001
1986	9.2%	672,436	610,537	61,899
1985	8.6%	654,110	597,556	56,554
1984	7.7%	630,551	581,986	48,565
1983	9.8%	614,753	554,649	60,104
1982	9.0%	598,219	544,159	54,060
1981	7.2%	579,757	537,837	41,920
1980	7.6%	565,189	522,477	42,712
1979	6.6%	553,121	516,463	36,658
1978	6.2%	532,398	499,606	32,792
1977	7.7%	511,830	472,384	39,446
1976	8.7%	487,474	444,908	42,566

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.