New Mexico’s Human Rights Act provides broad state-level protection, including spousal-affiliation coverage that exceeds federal baselines. The state’s federal-laboratory concentration produces distinctive compensation profiles.
National laboratory compensation
Los Alamos and Sandia national-laboratory plaintiffs face federal-contractor compensation with security-clearance premiums, retirement-value components, and classification-specific pay adjustments. The model reconstructs each component separately, treating the FERS or equivalent retirement value distinctly from base salary.
Permian Basin energy
Southeastern New Mexico’s share of the Permian Basin produces oil-and-gas plaintiffs with compensation structured around rotational schedules, per-diem allowances, and commodity-linked production premiums similar to Texas peers. The model runs commodity-scenario sensitivity where compensation depends on realized prices.
Worklife & discount-rate notes
New Mexico's federal-laboratory, oil-and-gas, healthcare, and technology sectors produce distinct compensation profiles. Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratory plaintiffs face federal-contractor compensation with security-clearance premiums and retirement components; Permian Basin oil-and-gas plaintiffs face commodity-linked and rotational structures; Albuquerque-area technology plaintiffs face coastal-approximating compensation.
