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SOC 49-2098 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$60,070
U.S. median hourly wage$28.88
U.S. employment86,340

Nationally, security and fire alarm systems installers earned a median of $60,070 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 86,340 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers: pay and employment by state
State
Alaska$79,870$38.401100.3
Massachusetts$78,530$37.761,6900.5
Rhode Island$76,320$36.692400.5
Oregon$75,710$36.409500.5
Connecticut$75,410$36.265400.3
Washington$72,950$35.071,6700.5
California$71,570$34.418,1800.4
Maryland$65,330$31.412,2300.8
Maine$64,080$30.812400.4
Iowa$63,750$30.654800.3
Hawaii$63,140$30.363800.6
New Jersey$63,140$30.362,7400.6
Minnesota$62,440$30.027700.3
Colorado$62,250$29.931,9500.7
Ohio$61,860$29.742,4400.4
New Hampshire$61,530$29.585000.7
Kansas$61,480$29.567400.5
Utah$61,150$29.409800.6
Wisconsin$61,130$29.397700.3
Nevada$60,980$29.321,1700.8
Virginia$60,790$29.232,1300.5
Alabama$60,710$29.191,3500.6
Kentucky$60,700$29.181,0800.5
Vermont$60,080$28.891100.4
Florida$60,070$28.888,3200.8
Illinois$59,800$28.752,1800.4
Wyoming$59,800$28.751500.5
South Carolina$59,710$28.711,0500.5
Arizona$59,680$28.692,0400.6
Delaware$59,680$28.691600.3
Pennsylvania$59,500$28.612,6500.4
Montana$58,800$28.271900.4
New York$58,550$28.156,6200.7
District of Columbia$58,460$28.112100.3
New Mexico$58,350$28.056300.7
Indiana$58,070$27.921,9300.6
North Dakota$57,620$27.701500.3
Michigan$55,830$26.842,0600.5
South Dakota$55,690$26.772200.5
Louisiana$54,730$26.311,1700.6
Missouri$54,620$26.261,7900.6
North Carolina$54,120$26.022,8800.6
Georgia$53,100$25.532,2200.5
Texas$52,270$25.1310,2600.7
Tennessee$51,460$24.742,5200.8
West Virginia$51,100$24.572600.4
Idaho$49,180$23.653400.4
Arkansas$48,950$23.536200.5
Oklahoma$48,240$23.191,3400.8
Nebraska$48,000$23.084900.5
Mississippi$47,160$22.674400.4
Guam$37,450$18.00600.8
Puerto Rico$29,280$14.086000.6

Pay by metro area

All 203 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$29,490$46,987$64,483$81,980San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,490Texarkana, TX-AR — $36,460Laredo, TX — $39,800Macon-Bibb County, GA — $41,660Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $44,610Fort Smith, AR-OK — $45,190McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $45,210Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $45,740Wilmington, NC — $46,260Fayetteville, NC — $46,450Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,520Lincoln, NE — $46,520Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $46,810Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $47,050Jackson, MS — $47,160Lake Charles, LA — $47,420Lubbock, TX — $47,530Tucson, AZ — $47,690Binghamton, NY — $47,860Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $48,230Greenville, NC — $48,300Wichita Falls, TX — $48,310Chattanooga, TN-GA — $48,330Tulsa, OK — $48,580Bloomington, IN — $48,620Asheville, NC — $48,690Omaha, NE-IA — $48,820Boise City, ID — $49,150Winston-Salem, NC — $49,180Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $49,220Fort Wayne, IN — $49,310Oklahoma City, OK — $49,340Amarillo, TX — $49,560Columbus, GA-AL — $49,620Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $49,790La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $49,880Corpus Christi, TX — $49,960Lynchburg, VA — $49,980Monroe, LA — $50,090Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $50,170Tyler, TX — $50,250San Angelo, TX — $50,510Springfield, MO — $50,550Mansfield, OH — $50,620York-Hanover, PA — $50,900Evansville, IN — $51,110Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $51,140Lafayette, LA — $51,270Joplin, MO-KS — $51,450Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $51,460Savannah, GA — $51,490Greensboro-High Point, NC — $51,500Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $51,970Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $52,000Glens Falls, NY — $52,030Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $52,580Gainesville, FL — $52,880Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $53,000Punta Gorda, FL — $54,480Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $54,600Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $54,770Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $54,810Visalia, CA — $55,290Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $55,340El Paso, TX — $55,420Tallahassee, FL — $55,430Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $55,560Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $55,690Paducah, KY-IL — $56,350San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $56,600Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $56,790Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $56,920Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $57,000Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $57,600Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $57,620Baton Rouge, LA — $57,680St. George, UT — $57,760Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $57,860Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $57,930Knoxville, TN — $58,090Lancaster, PA — $58,290Jackson, TN — $58,310Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $58,450Youngstown-Warren, OH — $58,490North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $58,550Erie, PA — $58,610Reading, PA — $58,650Idaho Falls, ID — $58,660Wichita, KS — $58,710Redding, CA — $58,750Greeley, CO — $58,800St. Louis, MO-IL — $58,980Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $58,990Mobile, AL — $59,060Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $59,110New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $59,280Port St. Lucie, FL — $59,280Naples-Marco Island, FL — $59,370Colorado Springs, CO — $59,420Pittsburgh, PA — $59,440Billings, MT — $59,560Richmond, VA — $59,560Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,580Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,620Ogden, UT — $59,690Bozeman, MT — $59,740Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $59,790South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $59,790New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,910Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $59,990Roanoke, VA — $60,000Utica-Rome, NY — $60,190Columbia, SC — $60,310Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,380Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $60,390Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,440Charleston, WV — $60,440Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $60,440Rochester, NY — $60,520Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,560Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $60,590Toledo, OH — $60,630Jacksonville, FL — $60,670Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $60,750Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $60,820Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,920Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $60,920Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,930Fresno, CA — $60,950Ann Arbor, MI — $60,960Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $61,040Casper, WY — $61,060Huntsville, AL — $61,080Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,120Green Bay, WI — $61,170Albuquerque, NM — $61,240Akron, OH — $61,280Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $61,280Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,310Syracuse, NY — $61,410Kansas City, MO-KS — $61,480Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $61,520Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,570Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,590Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,620Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,790Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $61,870Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,960Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,130Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,140San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $62,210Modesto, CA — $62,230Manchester-Nashua, NH — $62,250Peoria, IL — $62,300Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,420Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $62,460Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,500Cleveland, OH — $62,660Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $62,720Reno, NV — $62,760Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $62,890Columbus, OH — $63,060Urban Honolulu, HI — $63,090Madison, WI — $63,240Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $63,300Spartanburg, SC — $63,340Birmingham, AL — $63,350Stockton-Lodi, CA — $63,670Salinas, CA — $63,980Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $64,020Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $64,190Portland-South Portland, ME — $64,210Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $64,270Eugene-Springfield, OR — $64,300Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $64,510Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $64,550Canton-Massillon, OH — $64,660Kennewick-Richland, WA — $65,380Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $66,080Bend, OR — $66,120Boulder, CO — $66,410Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $66,790Salisbury, MD — $67,510Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $69,690San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $70,380Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $70,830Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $71,570Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $71,820Springfield, MA — $72,280Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $73,740Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $73,990New Haven, CT — $75,080Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $75,350Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $75,910Vallejo, CA — $76,390Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $76,630Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $78,560San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $79,350Anchorage, AK — $79,870Worcester, MA — $80,480Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $81,340Salem, OR — $81,500San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $81,980

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$81,980$39.413200.3
Salem, OR$81,500$39.18700.4
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$81,340$39.11300.4
Worcester, MA$80,480$38.69Not publishedNot published
Anchorage, AK$79,870$38.401000.6
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$79,350$38.151,0300.4
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$78,560$37.771,3300.5
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$76,630$36.847300.6
Vallejo, CA$76,390$36.73700.5
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$75,910$36.501,0000.5
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$75,350$36.233600.5
New Haven, CT$75,080$36.101200.4
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$73,990$35.57300.4
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$73,740$35.452200.4
Springfield, MA$72,280$34.75900.5
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$71,820$34.53700.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$71,570$34.412,9600.5
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$70,830$34.065700.5
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$70,380$33.845400.4
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$69,690$33.50600.4
Salisbury, MD$67,510$32.46801.5
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$66,790$32.111,6100.5
Boulder, CO$66,410$31.93500.3
Bend, OR$66,120$31.79400.3
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$66,080$31.77300.4
Kennewick-Richland, WA$65,380$31.44500.4
Canton-Massillon, OH$64,660$31.09300.2
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$64,550$31.039800.6
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$64,510$31.02600.5
Eugene-Springfield, OR$64,300$30.91800.5
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$64,270$30.902800.7
Portland-South Portland, ME$64,210$30.871400.5
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$64,190$30.861600.6
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$64,020$30.781,3000.8
Salinas, CA$63,980$30.76400.2
Stockton-Lodi, CA$63,670$30.611100.4
Birmingham, AL$63,350$30.466101.2
Spartanburg, SC$63,340$30.45600.4
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$63,300$30.433300.3
Madison, WI$63,240$30.401300.3
Urban Honolulu, HI$63,090$30.333300.7
Columbus, OH$63,060$30.324900.4
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$62,890$30.24500.9
Reno, NV$62,760$30.171500.6
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$62,720$30.166100.3
Cleveland, OH$62,660$30.125800.6
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$62,500$30.051600.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,460$30.032700.3
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$62,420$30.012900.6
Peoria, IL$62,300$29.951601.0
Manchester-Nashua, NH$62,250$29.932801.4
Modesto, CA$62,230$29.921400.7
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$62,210$29.91700.6
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$62,140$29.87700.4
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$62,130$29.871,2200.9
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$61,960$29.791800.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$61,870$29.741,2900.4
Lexington-Fayette, KY$61,790$29.711600.6
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$61,620$29.625400.7
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$61,590$29.618900.7
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$61,570$29.604900.7
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$61,520$29.581600.6
Kansas City, MO-KS$61,480$29.566600.6
Syracuse, NY$61,410$29.522300.8
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$61,310$29.481,5100.3
Akron, OH$61,280$29.462200.7
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$61,280$29.463000.8
Albuquerque, NM$61,240$29.444601.1
Green Bay, WI$61,170$29.41800.5
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$61,120$29.391500.7
Huntsville, AL$61,080$29.371500.6
Casper, WY$61,060$29.35501.2
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$61,040$29.341,1100.8
Ann Arbor, MI$60,960$29.31500.2
Fresno, CA$60,950$29.301900.4
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$60,930$29.291,0801.0
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$60,920$29.292400.4
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$60,920$29.299700.9
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$60,820$29.244400.7
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$60,750$29.211,7300.7
Jacksonville, FL$60,670$29.171,0901.4
Toledo, OH$60,630$29.15900.3
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$60,590$29.132100.7
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$60,560$29.112,2200.8
Rochester, NY$60,520$29.104000.8
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$60,440$29.063301.1
Charleston, WV$60,440$29.06800.8
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$60,440$29.063700.5
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$60,390$29.031600.4
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$60,380$29.031,4301.0
Columbia, SC$60,310$29.003200.8
Utica-Rome, NY$60,190$28.94500.4
Roanoke, VA$60,000$28.851100.7
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$59,990$28.84600.2
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$59,910$28.803200.7
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,790$28.758200.6
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$59,790$28.751100.9
Bozeman, MT$59,740$28.72300.4
Ogden, UT$59,690$28.701100.4
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$59,620$28.661700.7
Raleigh-Cary, NC$59,580$28.656000.8
Billings, MT$59,560$28.63600.6
Richmond, VA$59,560$28.645000.8
Pittsburgh, PA$59,440$28.586000.5
Colorado Springs, CO$59,420$28.571600.5
Naples-Marco Island, FL$59,370$28.551400.8
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$59,280$28.506,8500.7
Port St. Lucie, FL$59,280$28.501100.6
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$59,110$28.42400.4
Mobile, AL$59,060$28.391200.7
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$58,990$28.361,3800.5
St. Louis, MO-IL$58,980$28.357800.6
Greeley, CO$58,800$28.271201.0
Redding, CA$58,750$28.25500.7
Wichita, KS$58,710$28.222700.9
Idaho Falls, ID$58,660$28.20600.7
Reading, PA$58,650$28.201500.9
Erie, PA$58,610$28.18300.3
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$58,550$28.152600.8
Youngstown-Warren, OH$58,490$28.12400.3
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$58,450$28.10400.7
Jackson, TN$58,310$28.04400.4
Lancaster, PA$58,290$28.03900.3
Knoxville, TN$58,090$27.934201.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$57,930$27.853,5500.9
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$57,860$27.828300.8
St. George, UT$57,760$27.77700.8
Baton Rouge, LA$57,680$27.732400.6
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$57,620$27.701000.3
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$57,600$27.69300.4
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$57,000$27.416401.0
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$56,920$27.372,5000.8
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$56,790$27.301100.4
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$56,600$27.218200.7
Paducah, KY-IL$56,350$27.09901.9
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$55,690$26.771801.0
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$55,560$26.711,1600.6
Tallahassee, FL$55,430$26.651200.6
El Paso, TX$55,420$26.644801.4
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$55,340$26.60600.4
Visalia, CA$55,290$26.58400.2
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$54,810$26.35900.3
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$54,770$26.33800.8
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$54,600$26.251100.6
Punta Gorda, FL$54,480$26.19500.9
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$53,000$25.48300.2
Gainesville, FL$52,880$25.42600.4
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$52,580$25.28700.3
Glens Falls, NY$52,030$25.02400.7
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$52,000$25.001800.6
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$51,970$24.99900.4
Greensboro-High Point, NC$51,500$24.762100.6
Savannah, GA$51,490$24.76600.3
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$51,460$24.74300.3
Joplin, MO-KS$51,450$24.741601.9
Lafayette, LA$51,270$24.651400.8
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$51,140$24.59900.6
Evansville, IN$51,110$24.57800.6
York-Hanover, PA$50,900$24.471200.6
Mansfield, OH$50,620$24.34501.1
Springfield, MO$50,550$24.302100.9
San Angelo, TX$50,510$24.29400.7
Tyler, TX$50,250$24.16500.5
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$50,170$24.12900.7
Monroe, LA$50,090$24.08600.7
Lynchburg, VA$49,980$24.03300.3
Corpus Christi, TX$49,960$24.02700.4
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$49,880$23.98300.4
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$49,790$23.94700.4
Columbus, GA-AL$49,620$23.861000.9
Amarillo, TX$49,560$23.831200.9
Oklahoma City, OK$49,340$23.725800.9
Fort Wayne, IN$49,310$23.711200.5
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$49,220$23.662900.8
Winston-Salem, NC$49,180$23.641300.5
Boise City, ID$49,150$23.631900.5
Omaha, NE-IA$48,820$23.473600.7
Asheville, NC$48,690$23.41900.5
Bloomington, IN$48,620$23.38300.4
Tulsa, OK$48,580$23.355101.1
Chattanooga, TN-GA$48,330$23.241600.6
Wichita Falls, TX$48,310$23.23300.6
Greenville, NC$48,300$23.22300.4
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$48,230$23.191100.5
Binghamton, NY$47,860$23.01700.7
Tucson, AZ$47,690$22.931700.4
Lubbock, TX$47,530$22.851200.7
Lake Charles, LA$47,420$22.80300.3
Jackson, MS$47,160$22.671000.4
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$47,050$22.62800.2
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$46,810$22.51500.3
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$46,520$22.371000.6
Lincoln, NE$46,520$22.37500.3
Fayetteville, NC$46,450$22.33600.5
Wilmington, NC$46,260$22.241901.0
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$45,740$21.99400.2
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$45,210$21.741500.5
Fort Smith, AR-OK$45,190$21.73600.7
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$44,610$21.45500.3
Macon-Bibb County, GA$41,660$20.03600.7
Laredo, TX$39,800$19.14500.5
Texarkana, TX-AR$36,460$17.53701.1
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,490$14.184900.7

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.