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Locksmiths and Safe Repairers · SOC 49-9094

Locksmiths and Safe Repairers Salary in the Milwaukee Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area

Figures describe the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Milwaukee city limits.

Median annual wage$61,170
Median hourly wage$29.41

Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area earned a median of $61,170 per year ($29.41 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,160 at the 10th percentile to $81,630 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in the Milwaukee metro area earn more than $61,170 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,720 and $71,740.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,160$45,720$61,170$71,740$81,630
Hourly$18.83$21.98$29.41$34.49$39.25

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Milwaukee metro areathis metro area
    $61,170
  • Wisconsinstate (WI)
    $48,360
  • United Statesnational
    $51,320

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +26% vs Wisconsin overall and +19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$37,190$50,847$64,503$78,160Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,190Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,250El Paso, TX — $37,790Albuquerque, NM — $37,980Oklahoma City, OK — $38,390Tulsa, OK — $38,920Birmingham, AL — $39,140Cleveland, OH — $39,960Boise City, ID — $43,470Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,460Lubbock, TX — $44,630Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $45,350Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,370Eugene-Springfield, OR — $45,370Tucson, AZ — $45,800San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,900Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,240Killeen-Temple, TX — $46,500Fargo, ND-MN — $46,780Knoxville, TN — $46,920Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,200Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,370Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,450Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,520Pittsburgh, PA — $47,610Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,720Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $47,740New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $47,770Colorado Springs, CO — $48,000Reno, NV — $48,010Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $48,050Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $48,430Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $48,560Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,980Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,150Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $49,180Jacksonville, FL — $49,660Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $49,710Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,820Columbus, OH — $49,890North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $50,200Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $50,270St. Louis, MO-IL — $50,510Baton Rouge, LA — $50,660Richmond, VA — $51,260Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $51,440Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $51,470Lafayette, LA — $52,410Wichita, KS — $52,930Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,990Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $53,060Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $53,080Kansas City, MO-KS — $53,930Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $54,070Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $54,310Rochester, NY — $55,410Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $55,490Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $55,530Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $56,180Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $56,520Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $56,940Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $57,000Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $57,100Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $57,320Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $57,360San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $57,660Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $58,000Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $58,110Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,110Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $58,230Anchorage, AK — $58,340Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $59,270Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $59,410Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $59,940Syracuse, NY — $60,610Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $60,720Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $60,850Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,170Portland-South Portland, ME — $61,350Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $61,500New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,830Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $62,050Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $62,910Stockton-Lodi, CA — $62,930Fresno, CA — $63,770Urban Honolulu, HI — $64,970San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $65,370Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $70,120Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $70,980San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $74,320New Haven, CT — $78,160

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.

The Milwaukee metro area has the 14th-highest published median for this occupation among the 91 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$56,320Industrial Machinery Mechanics$72,680Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$62,530First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$85,200Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,930Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,920

Highest-paying metro areas for locksmiths and safe repairerss · Highest-paying occupations in Milwaukee Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.