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Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers · SOC 49-2098

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$78,560
Median hourly wage$37.77

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $78,560 per year ($37.77 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,950 at the 10th percentile to $103,830 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,330 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in the Boston metro area earn more than $78,560 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $60,940 and $99,330.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,950$60,940$78,560$99,330$103,830
Hourly$23.53$29.30$37.77$47.75$49.92

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

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $78,560
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $78,530
  • United Statesnational
    $60,070

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

The median here is about the same vs Massachusetts overall and +31% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$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.

The Boston metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 203 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”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for security and fire alarm systems installers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $78,560
  • Worcester metro area
    $80,480
  • Springfield metro area
    $72,280

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

Keep exploring

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

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$59,670Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$63,060First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$94,970Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$78,530Industrial Machinery Mechanics$75,200Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$75,770

Highest-paying metro areas for security and fire alarm systems installerss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston 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.