NEW MEXICO DOESN’T DO VERY WELL WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS … BUT WE’RE NOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. WALLET HUB DID A STUDY AND FOUND WEST VIRGINIA HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE WORST STATE FOR JOBS. NEW MEXICO IS THE EIGHTH WORST STATE. JILL GONZALEZ WITH WALLET HUB TELLS US THEY LOOKED AT THE JOB MARKET ITSELF AND THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. GONZALEZ SAYS NEW MEXICO IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, WHICH INCLUDES INCOME, STARTING PAY, AND COMMUTE TIME AND TAX BURDENS.
IN FACT, NEW MEXICO HAS THE HIGHEST JOBLESS RATE IN THE COUNTRY NEXT TO ALASKA. GONZALEZ TELLS US THAT WHILE THE RECESSION CONTRIBUTED SOME TO THE JOBS PROBLEM HERE, IT’S MOSTLY CAUSED BY A LACK OF DIVERSITY IN THE STATE’S JOB INDUSTRY.
