Teaching positions (Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Roswell: job market, high school, salary)

[jstewart12usa]

Hi

I will be receiving my degree in Middle/High School English soon, and I was wondering what the job market for a position in teaching would be.

Are jobs hard to come by in Ruidoso?

[Crackerjack]

Ruidoso is pretty small so I would think yes, it would be hard to get a job there. Silver City is a possiblility. Durango, just north of the NM border in Colorado has many schools in the area. You didn't speculate if you want a large or small city, desert or mountain city so I am just guessing. ABQ has many schools and shouldn't be a problem there getting a job but you need to know what schools to avoid. Santa Fe is quite expensive for a school teacher's salary. Taos is expensive too, so I wouldn't recommend it either. Las Cruces is a great choice for a desert city. Alamogordo is another. Farmington is another. It is growing a lot so jobs will be needed there but you have to know which schools to avoid. Avoid Las Vegas, Gallup, Clovis, Hobbs, Roswell and Espanola, just trust me on that.

[jstewart12usa]

Sounds great! I chose Ruidoso because it's only 2 hours away from El Paso (family/friends). I want a small town in specific, but whether or not it's desert is fine by me. Durango is a great town and I completely forgot about it

Anyway, my husband is an aircraft mechanic and I want to know if Ruidoso or Durango would be good for that job as well. How about opening a tattoo business?

I used to go to school in Las Cruces (NMSU) and loved it there. Without having a degree, however, it was very hard to find a job.

Thank you for your feedback! I LOVE NM and plan on living there (anywhere but ABQ) for the rest of my life!

[Crackerjack]

Durango has two airports, a small one and a larger county airport. There is also a large airport in Farmington, about 1 hour away. Ruidoso is quite small so I am not so sure how it would be there. Silver City has a nice small airport too.
Oh definitely Durango for the tattoo parlor! They have a huge motorcycle group there. Also the people are more open to having stuff like tattoos and such there.
Las Cruces has grown a lot in the last few years and they have an International airport so that is another option as new jobs open up there now.

[jstewart12usa]

Durango appears to be in Colorado?

[Crackerjack]

Yes Durango is just north of the New Mexico border.