Locksmiths and Safe Repairers · SOC 49-9094

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Locksmiths and Safe Repairerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for locksmiths and safe repairers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 91 metro areas

Locksmiths and Safe Repairers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New Haven, CT	$78,160	30	0.1
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$74,320	90	0.1
3	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$70,980	40	0.1
4	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$70,120	60	0.4
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$65,370	340	0.1
6	Urban Honolulu, HI	$64,970	40	0.1
7	Fresno, CA	$63,770	50	0.1
8	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$62,930	30	0.1
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$62,910	170	0.1
10	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$62,050	30	0.2
11	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$61,830	960	0.1
12	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$61,500	230	0.1
13	Portland-South Portland, ME	$61,350	70	0.2
14	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$61,170	40	0.1
15	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$60,850	130	0.1
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$60,720	300	0.1
17	Syracuse, NY	$60,610	30	0.1
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$59,940	30	0.2
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$59,410	160	0.1
20	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$59,270	110	0.1
21	Anchorage, AK	$58,340	Not published	Not published
22	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$58,230	50	0.1
23	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$58,110	320	0.1
24	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$58,110	210	0.1
25	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$58,000	210	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Locksmiths and Safe Repairers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.