beta
Write my resume

Pay · 49-2098

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers earn $60,070 a year at the midpoint

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The lowest tenth are paid about $38,800, the highest tenth about $81,150 — figures from the 2025 federal wage survey.

Write my resume for this job →

$60,070median a year · United States
$28.88an hour $60,960average 86,340people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$47,82025th $60,070median $73,69075th
$38,80010th percentile $81,15090th percentile
$47,820a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$79,870best-paying state · Alaska
$47,160lowest-paying state · Mississippi
+33%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $79,870 in Alaska and $47,160 in Mississippi — a gap of $32,710 a year.

Security and fire alarm systems installer earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

Pick the job, where you work and how long you have done it. The range comes from the published wage percentiles for that job.

Experience
Name this figure
When they ask “What are your salary expectations?”

An estimate from survey percentiles, not an offer. Employer, industry, shift and credentials move pay within and beyond this range. Full wage page for this job →

Security and fire alarm systems installer wages across the states

The 36 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.64 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Massachusetts $78,530 $48,740 $48,740 — $103,820 1,690
Oregon $75,710 $48,580 $48,580 — $101,280 950
Connecticut $75,410 $43,940 $43,940 — $90,390 540
Washington $72,950 $48,050 $48,050 — $99,350 1,670
California $71,570 $46,090 $46,090 — $98,710 8,180
Maryland $65,330 $47,200 $47,200 — $93,680 2,230
New Jersey $63,140 $43,680 $43,680 — $86,430 2,740
Minnesota $62,440 $31,220 $31,220 — $103,240 770
Colorado $62,250 $46,310 $46,310 — $95,920 1,950
Ohio $61,860 $46,240 $46,240 — $77,980 2,440
New Hampshire $61,530 $38,890 $38,890 — $78,690 500
Kansas $61,480 $46,740 $46,740 — $76,770 740
Utah $61,150 $43,690 $43,690 — $77,270 980
Wisconsin $61,130 $45,030 $45,030 — $78,880 770
Nevada $60,980 $44,150 $44,150 — $91,320 1,170
Virginia $60,790 $40,840 $40,840 — $78,520 2,130
Alabama $60,710 $39,660 $39,660 — $77,550 1,350
Kentucky $60,700 $45,120 $45,120 — $75,550 1,080
Florida $60,070 $38,570 $38,570 — $75,770 8,320
Illinois $59,800 $38,670 $38,670 — $79,880 2,180
South Carolina $59,710 $35,940 $35,940 — $76,540 1,050
Arizona $59,680 $37,760 $37,760 — $82,050 2,040
Pennsylvania $59,500 $38,290 $38,290 — $80,260 2,650
New York $58,550 $40,210 $40,210 — $82,910 6,620
New Mexico $58,350 $34,900 $34,900 — $77,220 630
Indiana $58,070 $41,350 $41,350 — $78,540 1,930
Michigan $55,830 $36,950 $36,950 — $69,730 2,060
Louisiana $54,730 $36,490 $36,490 — $71,640 1,170
Missouri $54,620 $41,560 $41,560 — $75,550 1,790
North Carolina $54,120 $37,180 $37,180 — $75,220 2,880
Georgia $53,100 $36,990 $36,990 — $74,950 2,220
Texas $52,270 $36,900 $36,900 — $75,720 10,260
Tennessee $51,460 $37,160 $37,160 — $78,360 2,520
Arkansas $48,950 $35,760 $35,760 — $67,190 620
Oklahoma $48,240 $37,760 $37,760 — $73,820 1,340
Nebraska $48,000 $42,150 $42,150 — $76,900 490

Place 401 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 49% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 399 Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas $60,190
  2. 400 Interpreters and Translators $60,170
  3. 401 Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers $60,070
  4. 402 Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators $60,020
  5. 403 Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians $59,920

Writing a resume for security and fire alarm systems installers

Name the job in the builder and the duties, skills and credentials it is screened on are written in for you.

Microsoft Office softwareMicrosoft ExcelAutodesk AutoCADMicrosoft WordMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft OutlookExacq Technologies software
  • Installed, maintained, or repaired security systems, alarm devices, or related equipment, following blueprints of electrical layouts and building plans.
  • Mounted and fastened control panels, door and window contacts, sensors, or video cameras, and attached electrical and telephone wiring to connect components.
  • Demonstrated systems for customers and explained details, such as the causes and consequences of false alarms.

Write my resume →

This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. The owner of tiersi.com has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

Examples

Resumes written for this line of work.

Real sheets, filled in end to end — for this job and the ones beside it.

All templates →

Security and fire alarm systems installer pay rate, hourly to annual

Starts at this job’s median. Change the rate or the hours; a full-time year is 40 hours for 52 weeks.

$60,070a year

Neighbouring work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,070
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay$103,020+$42,950 Avionics Technicians$82,280+$22,210 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,090+$14,020 Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers$56,210−$3,860

What people often ask

What is a security and fire alarm systems installer’s yearly income?

A security and fire alarm systems installer makes a median of $60,070 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $47,820 and $73,690.

What is a security and fire alarm systems installer’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $28.88 an hour; the average is $60,960 a year.

What is the starting pay for a security and fire alarm systems installer?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $47,820 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $38,800.

Which state pays security and fire alarm systems installers the most?

Alaska, with a median of $79,870 a year.

How many people work as security and fire alarm systems installers?

About 86,340 in the United States — number 401 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays nearly the same

Median pay within $150 of what security and fire alarm systems installers earn — $60,070 a year — but not always the same spread.

See all 788 occupations