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Carlsbad, NM

Carlsbad, NM rolls up 6 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $85,490 median H-1B wage; Accommodation & Food Services currently leads the local roster.

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6
Employers
$85,490
Median H-1B wage
61
H-1B filings

Carlsbad, NM: 6 tracked employers at a $85,490 median H-1B wage across 61 LCAs; Accommodation & Food Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Carlsbad, NM (NM), PlainEmployers rolls up 6 employers at a $85,490 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 6 employers
  • $85,490 median H-1B
  • 61 H-1B LCAs

Where Carlsbad, NM's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$85,490 Top 84% higher than 16% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Carlsbad, NM $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Carlsbad, NM (6 employers) sits beside Albuquerque, NM, Las Cruces, NM, Santa Fe, NM in NM's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Carlsbad, NM ranks #1425 of 6906 by employer count (about the 77th percentile).

Albuquerque, NM 61 Las Cruces, NM 17 Santa Fe, NM 16 Rio Rancho, NM 5 Clovis, NM 4 Hobbs, NM 4
Top industries Accommodation & Food ServicesEducational ServicesMining & Extraction

What the data says about Carlsbad, NM

Corpus placement: Carlsbad, NM ranks #1425 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 77th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Accommodation & Food Services leads with 1 of 6 tracked employers (~17%); next sectors in the mix are Educational Services and Mining & Extraction. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: New Mexico State University, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and Ferrilli LLC (58 filings combined, ~95% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Carlsbad, NM: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Headline sponsors: New Mexico State University, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and Ferrilli LLC, together 58 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are currently mapped to employers with a worksite in Carlsbad, NM in this corpus, a cleaner local stability read than metros where large sponsors have filed reductions.

Same-state context for Carlsbad, NM: Albuquerque, NM (61 employers); Las Cruces, NM (17 employers); Santa Fe, NM (16 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

Employer mix in Carlsbad, NM

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

employers

What this shows Accommodation & Food Services leads Carlsbad, NM at ~17% of employers, with 2 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Carlsbad, NM

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1New Mexico State UniversityEducational Services40$74,992
2Occidental Petroleum CorporationMining & Extraction16$180,000
3Ferrilli LLC2$77,709
4Janak V INCAccommodation & Food Services1$77,600
5Southeast New Mexico College1$91,000
6Pecos Valley of New Mexico, LLC1$281,216
Sources, citation, and related links for Carlsbad, NM

Disclaimer: The Carlsbad, NM overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Carlsbad, NM from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.