Jury Pay by State

All states

Jury duty pay in New Mexico

Paid for time in attendance and service at the highest prevailing state minimum wage rate1

The statute gives no dollar figure.

Your rights as a juror

Mileage
Travel over 40 miles round trip at the rate allowed public officers and employees1
Job protection
Employers are barred from penalizing employees for jury service and may not make them use annual, vacation or sick leave for it2
Many counties pay more than the state minimum, and your summons usually says what you will be paid. If something here is not covered, your summons or the court clerk can tell you.

Sources

  1. NMSA 38-5-15, CounselStack (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
  2. NMSA 38-5-18, CounselStack (secondary), checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a copy of the law we used because the official site could not be read.