H-1B activity in New Mexico. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 3,947 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in New Mexico, spanning 611 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 95.9% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives New Mexico a measurable footprint in the national H-1B program and a data-backed view of where foreign specialty-occupation workers are being placed on U.S. soil.

What employers are paying. The average offered wage on New Mexico H-1B petitions is $105,486. Because each LCA must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the specific role and worksite, this figure reflects genuine pay commitments rather than aspirational market surveys, and it varies with the mix of occupations, wage levels (I through IV), and metropolitan areas active in the state. The single most-sponsored occupation is Software Developers, which alone accounts for 350 petitions at an average of $96,027, followed by Materials Engineers and Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in New Mexico is Triad National Security, LLC with 469 petitions at an average offered wage of $119,298, followed by Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Intel Corporation, University of New Mexico. Taken together, the 611 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside New Mexico. Because the data comes directly from DOL LCA disclosures (public record), each figure is auditable down to the individual petition, a meaningful contrast with anecdotal labor-market reporting.

Volume vs. pay, do they agree? By petition volume, New Mexico ranks #40 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #42 of 55. The two ranks are close, volume and pay move together in New Mexico more than in most states.