Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers salary

SOC 49-2098 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$60,070

per year, nationally

Middle half

$47,820–$73,690

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

86,340

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+10.4%

9,400 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$38,800$81,150

10th: $38,800
25th: $47,820
Median: $60,070
75th: $73,690
90th: $81,150

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where security and fire alarm systems installers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Alaska	$79,870	102.4	110	0.61×
2	Massachusetts	$78,530	105.8	1,690	0.84×
3	Rhode Island	$76,320	102.3	240	0.87×
4	Oregon	$75,710	103.4	950	0.87×
5	Connecticut	$75,410	103.6	540	0.57×
6	Washington	$72,950	107.0	1,670	0.85×
7	California	$71,570	110.7	8,180	0.81×
8	Maryland	$65,330	105.0	2,230	1.45×
9	Maine	$64,080	97.0	240	0.69×
10	Iowa	$63,750	87.8	480	0.55×
11	New Jersey	$63,140	108.8	2,740	1.15×
12	Hawaii	$63,140	110.0	380	1.09×
13	Minnesota	$62,440	98.6	770	0.47×
14	Colorado	$62,250	103.1	1,950	1.22×
15	Ohio	$61,860	92.8	2,440	0.79×
16	New Hampshire	$61,530	104.2	500	1.32×
17	Kansas	$61,480	90.1	740	0.92×
18	Utah	$61,150	98.9	980	1.01×
19	Wisconsin	$61,130	94.1	770	0.47×
20	Nevada	$60,980	100.0	1,170	1.36×
21	Virginia	$60,790	101.1	2,130	0.93×
22	Alabama	$60,710	88.8	1,350	1.15×
23	Kentucky	$60,700	90.2	1,080	0.97×
24	Vermont	$60,080	98.0	110	0.63×
25	Florida	$60,070	103.4	8,320	1.51×
26	Wyoming	$59,800	92.7	150	0.95×
27	Illinois	$59,800	100.0	2,180	0.64×
28	South Carolina	$59,710	93.7	1,050	0.82×
29	Delaware	$59,680	99.8	160	0.59×
30	Arizona	$59,680	100.7	2,040	1.13×
31	Pennsylvania	$59,500	97.6	2,650	0.79×
32	Montana	$58,800	94.6	190	0.68×
33	New York	$58,550	107.9	6,620	1.23×
34	District of Columbia	$58,460	109.9	210	0.54×
35	New Mexico	$58,350	92.2	630	1.30×
36	Indiana	$58,070	93.3	1,930	1.09×
37	North Dakota	$57,620	89.0	150	0.62×
38	Michigan	$55,830	96.2	2,060	0.84×
39	South Dakota	$55,690	88.6	220	0.85×
40	Louisiana	$54,730	88.2	1,170	1.09×
41	Missouri	$54,620	90.8	1,790	1.10×
42	North Carolina	$54,120	94.3	2,880	1.05×
43	Georgia	$53,100	96.3	2,220	0.82×
44	Texas	$52,270	97.1	10,260	1.31×
45	Tennessee	$51,460	91.9	2,520	1.39×
46	West Virginia	$51,100	89.5	260	0.67×
47	Idaho	$49,180	95.5	340	0.72×
48	Arkansas	$48,950	86.9	620	0.86×
49	Oklahoma	$48,240	87.8	1,340	1.41×
50	Nebraska	$48,000	90.1	490	0.87×
51	Mississippi	$47,160	87.0	440	0.69×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where security and fire alarm systems installers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for security and fire alarm systems installers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$81,980	110.4	320	0.50×
2	Salem, OR	$81,500	103.6	70	0.69×
3	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$81,340	109.4	30	0.78×
4	Worcester, MA	$80,480	102.5	—	—
5	Anchorage, AK	$79,870	105.4	100	1.02×
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$79,350	115.6	1,030	0.78×
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$78,560	108.3	1,330	0.89×
8	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$76,630	105.4	730	1.08×
9	Vallejo, CA	$76,390	108.5	70	0.92×
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$75,910	111.1	1,000	0.87×
11	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$75,350	101.8	360	0.90×
12	New Haven, CT	$75,080	104.6	120	0.80×
13	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$73,990	105.6	30	0.63×
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$73,740	102.7	220	0.66×
15	Springfield, MA	$72,280	96.1	90	0.84×
16	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$71,820	103.2	70	0.49×
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$71,570	113.6	2,960	0.85×
18	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$70,830	106.7	570	0.94×
19	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$70,380	111.9	540	0.63×
20	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$69,690	98.9	60	0.69×
21	Salisbury, MD	$67,510	95.6	80	2.76×
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$66,790	108.9	1,610	0.92×
23	Boulder, CO	$66,410	105.2	50	0.46×
24	Bend, OR	$66,120	103.6	40	0.60×
25	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$66,080	109.9	30	0.63×
26	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$65,380	100.1	50	0.66×
27	Canton-Massillon, OH	$64,660	89.4	30	0.38×
28	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$64,550	106.4	980	1.03×
29	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$64,510	103.7	60	0.88×
30	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$64,300	101.6	80	0.87×
31	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$64,270	91.7	280	1.25×
32	Portland-South Portland, ME	$64,210	101.9	140	0.88×
33	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$64,190	100.3	160	1.15×
34	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$64,020	105.8	1,300	1.45×
35	Salinas, CA	$63,980	109.0	40	0.39×
36	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$63,670	105.1	110	0.71×
37	Birmingham, AL	$63,350	91.6	610	2.13×
38	Spartanburg, SC	$63,340	91.1	60	0.63×
39	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$63,300	95.4	330	0.54×
40	Madison, WI	$63,240	97.3	130	0.56×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where security and fire alarm systems installers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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