New Mexico to Raise State Minimum Wage to $11.50 for the New Year

The New Mexico Capitol in Santa Fe on June 5, 2005. Einar Einarsson Kvaran/Wikimedia Commons, CC3.0

New Mexico’s minimum wage will once again be raised by a dollar at the start of the new year on Jan. 1, 2022.

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) alerted employers and workers that the minimum wage would go up from $10.50 per hour to $11.50 per hour.