67 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 11 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Portales, NM — of 67 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $67,000 median of 12 | 12 |
| FY2025 | $64,000 median of 11 | 11 |
| FY2024 | $62,000 median of 13 | 13 |
| FY2023 | $55,320 median of 13 | 13 |
| FY2022 | $62,500 median of 10 | 10 |
| FY2021 | 8 filings — too few for a median | 8 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from Portales, NM fall inside the federal statistical area EASTERN NEW MEXICO NONMETROPOLITAN AREA. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Portales itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern New Mexico University | $62,000 median of 63 | 63 |
| Portales Municipal Schools Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Roosevelt General Hospital Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | $401,800 1 filing | 1 |
| Intel Corporation | $82,867 1 filing | 1 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.