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Job Training Incentive Program supported 1,330 new jobs statewide in 2025
SANTA FE — Seven New Mexico companies have been awarded $1.7 million in Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) grants to reimburse employee training costs and support the creation of 67 new jobs, state officials announced following approvals made in December.
Administered by the New Mexico Economic Development Department, JTIP is designed to spur economic growth by helping employers offset the cost of training newly hired workers while ensuring New Mexicans gain in-demand skills and access to quality jobs.
Strong Statewide Impact in 2025
In 2025, JTIP awarded more than $19 million to 84 companies statewide, supporting up to 1,330 new jobs. Manufacturing positions accounted for 809 of those jobs, representing more than 60% of all funded roles, with a strong emphasis on rural communities. The average hourly wage for jobs supported through the program statewide was $28.44.
Among this month’s awardees is Mantis Space, which recently announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Albuquerque and received a $2.5 million Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) grant earlier this month. The JTIP award marks the company’s first phase of local hiring in New Mexico.
“JTIP isn’t just an ordinary grant program — it has the power to transform communities and lives,” said Cabinet Secretary Rob Black. “By making it easier for companies to grow while upskilling New Mexicans, we are creating lasting opportunity. With more than 1,300 new jobs supported this year — over 800 of them in rural communities — families across the state are building brighter futures.”
December JTIP Award Recipients
This month’s approvals include five companies creating new jobs, one amended request from a previous award, and one company upskilling current employees for advancement.
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3D Glass Solutions, Inc. (Albuquerque):
13 trainees at an average hourly wage of $51, with an award of up to $370,674. The company designs, prototypes and produces next-generation glass micro-devices, circuits and bio-arrays. -
BlackVe, Inc. (Albuquerque):
11 trainees with up to $55,323 in Step Up grants, a JTIP program that supports advanced training for existing employees. BlackVe delivers space capabilities for national security missions. -
Gnomad LLC (dba Gnomad Canna Co.) (Tatum):
11 trainees at an average hourly wage of $17, with an award of up to $89,570. The woman-owned company produces cannabis flower, edibles, topicals, vape products and pre-rolls. This is the company’s first JTIP application. -
Mantis Space (Albuquerque):
8 trainees at an average hourly wage of $85, with an award of up to $391,551. Mantis Space develops orbital infrastructure to deliver power to satellites, habitats and lunar operations. This is the company’s first JTIP application. -
Quantinuum LLC (Albuquerque):
7 trainees at an average hourly wage of $75, with an award of up to $300,117. Quantinuum is a quantum computing company formed from the merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum. -
Redwire Space, LLC (Albuquerque):
14 employees at an average hourly wage of $58, with an award of up to $455,483. Redwire’s Albuquerque facility supports space-based defense systems under a $45 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate. -
UbiQD, Inc. (Los Alamos):
3 trainees at an average hourly wage of $48, with an amended award of $94,191 to support additional hiring. UbiQD has applied for JTIP funding 16 times and specializes in quantum dot nanomaterials for agriculture, clean energy and security applications.
Learn More
To learn more about the Job Training Incentive Program, visit EDD.NewMexico.gov/JTIP.
