Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers · SOC 49-2098

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for security and fire alarm systems installers. 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 203 metro areas

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$81,980	320	0.3
2	Salem, OR	$81,500	70	0.4
3	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$81,340	30	0.4
4	Worcester, MA	$80,480	Not published	Not published
5	Anchorage, AK	$79,870	100	0.6
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$79,350	1,030	0.4
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$78,560	1,330	0.5
8	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$76,630	730	0.6
9	Vallejo, CA	$76,390	70	0.5
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$75,910	1,000	0.5
11	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$75,350	360	0.5
12	New Haven, CT	$75,080	120	0.4
13	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$73,990	30	0.4
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$73,740	220	0.4
15	Springfield, MA	$72,280	90	0.5
16	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$71,820	70	0.3
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$71,570	2,960	0.5
18	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$70,830	570	0.5
19	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$70,380	540	0.4
20	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$69,690	60	0.4
21	Salisbury, MD	$67,510	80	1.5
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$66,790	1,610	0.5
23	Boulder, CO	$66,410	50	0.3
24	Bend, OR	$66,120	40	0.3
25	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$66,080	30	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 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.