New Mexico
Wireless Facts
| Subscribers: | 1,489,120 |
| Population: | 1,977,136 |
| Percentage of Wireless Consumers: | 75% |
| Wireless-Only Households: | 20.3% |
Industry in New Mexico
| Service Providers: | 9 (in urban areas) |
| Wireless Employees in the State: | 4,415 |
| Average Annual Wireless Payroll: | $176,265,000 |
| Average Annual Wireless Employee Wage: | $39,926 |
Wireless Subscriber Growth
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Wireless Tax Rate
- State-Local Rate
- 10.36%
- Federal Rate
- 5.05%
- Combined Monthly Tax Rate
- 15.41%
- Rank Nationally
- 23rd
Breakdown
- State Gross Receipts (sales) Tax (5% intrastate, 4.25% interstate) 5.00%
- City and County Gross Receipts Tax (Avg. Santa Fe, 2.875%, and Albuquerque, 1.875%) 2.38%
- Wireless 9-1-1 (51 cents per month per subscriber) 1.02%
- Telecommunications Relay Service (Deaf) Surcharge, Intrastate 0.33%
- State Universal Service Fund (3% times 62.9% FCC intrastate safe harbor) 1.89%
- Carrier Utility Charge 0.40%
Federal Wireless
Issues
Helpful State
Legislative Links
- State Homepage link: www.newmexico.gov
- Legislature link: legis.state.nm.us/LCS
- Governor’s link: http://www.governor.state.nm.us
All Information Compiled from the Following Sources:
- Dr. Robert Roche, CTIA-The Wireless Association’s Vice President for Research, Washington, D.C., http://www.ctia.org.
- Scott Mackey, Partner and Economist, Kimbell Sherman Ellis, LLP, Montpelier, VT, http://www.ksefocus.com/why-kse/people/scott-mackey, from Tax Analysts, Special Report, State Tax Notes, February, 2008, “Excessive Taxes and Fees on Wireless Service: Recent Trends,” by Scott Mackey.
- Federal Communications Commission, FCC’s Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, July 2009, “Local Telephone Competition: Status as of June 30, 2008,” http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-292193A1.pdf.
- Data on employment and wages by state are available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Employment and Wages (CEW) at http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=en. The wireless industry data is retrievable through NAICS 5172 - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers.
- The data on state population and household income is available via drop down menu from the Fact Sheets available from the U.S. Census Fact Finder page, at http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en.