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Jury duty pay in New Mexico

What happens to your pay and your job if you're summoned in New Mexico — with the statute behind each answer. Verified against a primary source on June 16, 2026.

At a glance

Employer payNo state employer-pay mandate
Job protectionProtected
Court per-diemVaries
Status Verified

JurorPay summarizes state-by-state jury-duty pay rules and job-protection statutes. This is procedural civic-duty information, not legal advice. Statutes change; verify directly with your state court, employer HR, or a licensed attorney before relying on this summary.

Not required

Will your employer pay you?

In New Mexico, no state law requires your employer to pay your wages during jury service (federal law protects your job, not your pay). New Mexico does not require employers to pay wages during jury service. NMSA 1978, 38-5-18 prohibits an employer from depriving an employee of employment or threatening/coercing the employee for jury service, and prohibits requiring or requesting the employee to use annual, vacation, or sick leave for jury-service time (violation is a petty misdemeanor under 38-5-19).

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

No state mandate

How much, and for how long?

No state-mandated employer pay. You may still be paid voluntarily, under a contract, or under a collective-bargaining agreement — check your employer's policy. The court pays a separate per-diem (see the court-pay card).

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Protected

Can you be fired for serving?

Your job is statutorily protected. New Mexico law prohibits firing, threatening, or penalizing you for responding to a jury summons or serving. Federal law (28 U.S.C. §1875) adds the same protection for federal-court service.

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Varies

What does the court pay you?

Jurors are compensated for time in attendance and service at the highest prevailing state minimum wage rate (no fixed daily dollar amount in statute). Mileage reimbursed only for travel in excess of 40 miles round trip from residence to courthouse, at the rate allowed public officers and employees. (NMSA 1978, 38-5-15)

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Editor's note on this state

Official New Mexico Courts page (jury.nmcourts.gov) fetched directly and confirms compensation at the highest prevailing state minimum wage per 38-5-15 and protection per 38-5-18. Per-diem stored as null because the statute pegs pay to minimum wage rather than a fixed daily fee.

Sources for New Mexico

Each figure links to the primary source we read it from. The federal baseline is 28 U.S.C. §1875 — it protects your job during federal-court service but does not require pay.

How New Mexico compares on court per-diem

Court-paid daily fee, ranked across all states with a single statewide figure. New Mexico is highlighted.

Petit-juror per-diem paid by the court (first/standard day), ranked. 9 jurisdictions set per-diem locally (county-by-county or pegged to minimum wage) with no single statewide figure, and are omitted here rather than shown as a guessed amount. Where a state pays a higher rate for extended service, this chart shows the standard day rate. See each state page for the full schedule and citation.

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Editorial review

An employment attorney from our review pool is being onboarded to sign off on the jury-leave and anti-retaliation summaries. Until that review is complete, every figure on the site links directly to the state legislature or court primary source so you can verify it yourself. We will publish the reviewer's name, bar number, state, and profile here once secured — and never a placeholder name.