Highest-paying Cities for Locksmiths and Safe Repairers

The top 100 highest paying cities for locksmiths and safe repairers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of locksmiths and safe repairers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $76,340, West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois is the highest paying city for locksmiths and safe repairers. It is followed by Anchorage, Alaska (average annual salary $70,600). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of locksmiths and safe repairers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Locksmiths and Safe Repairers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$76,340	$62,420	40
2	Anchorage, Alaska	$70,600	$45,360	30
3	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$69,250	$39,580	80
4	Nashua, New Hampshire	$66,030	$36,220	30
5	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$65,860	$46,820	80
6	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$63,040	$35,770	30
7	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$61,010	$32,390	120
8	Fresno, California	$60,160	$44,000	40
9	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$60,160	$51,890	60
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$60,120	$37,530	370
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$59,990	$36,580	350
12	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$59,990	$30,080	n/a
13	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$59,890	$37,330	n/a
14	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$59,810	$35,460	120
15	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$59,710	$34,130	40
16	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$59,320	$29,920	250
17	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$59,140	$32,510	70
18	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$58,860	$49,460	70
19	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$58,270	$45,780	90
20	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$58,020	$44,360	110
21	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$57,850	$46,550	330
22	Worcester, Massachusetts	$57,550	$45,610	40
23	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,410	$36,160	1,000
24	Springfield, Massachusetts	$57,250	$45,340	30
25	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$57,000	$27,410	280
26	Gary, Indiana	$56,980	$25,020	50
27	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$56,970	$36,320	60
28	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$56,930	$34,140	350
29	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$56,850	$34,350	60
30	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$56,660	$29,660	40
31	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$56,080	$32,510	270
32	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$55,700	$28,190	30
33	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$55,670	$25,360	120
34	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$55,630	$36,300	190
35	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$55,590	$29,270	30
36	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$54,960	$34,760	190
37	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$54,910	$34,460	40
38	Columbus, Ohio	$54,870	$35,530	80
39	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$54,800	$40,220	60
40	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$54,660	$35,140	80
41	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$54,620	$29,540	40
42	Camden, New Jersey	$53,280	$29,020	60
43	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$53,100	$35,940	210
44	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$52,900	$34,260	n/a
45	Salinas, California	$52,170	$24,070	30
46	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$52,100	$35,340	30
47	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$51,420	$34,650	170
48	Peoria, Illinois	$51,400	$32,440	50
49	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$51,340	$43,030	50
50	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,920	$41,100	260
51	Rochester, New York	$50,480	$38,260	30
52	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$50,390	$37,170	50
53	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$50,350	$42,890	n/a
54	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$50,140	$21,440	60
55	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$50,060	$38,510	60
56	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$49,930	$30,910	350
57	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$49,650	$18,150	360
58	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$49,360	$29,360	40
59	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$49,330	$35,380	40
60	Salt Lake City, Utah	$49,140	$29,620	70
61	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$48,960	$26,520	410
62	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$48,730	$36,040	170
63	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$48,550	$37,050	50
64	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$48,450	$35,610	770
65	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$48,450	$34,370	400
66	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$48,300	$34,390	250
67	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$48,240	$35,400	470
68	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$48,110	$17,350	30
69	Kansas City, Missouri	$48,030	$35,740	140
70	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$47,890	$36,390	140
71	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$47,720	$35,880	230
72	Syracuse, New York	$47,710	$29,780	30
73	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$47,610	$31,330	100
74	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$47,340	$32,560	130
75	Columbia, South Carolina	$47,220	$19,000	150
76	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$47,150	$27,200	40
77	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$47,130	$35,630	170
78	Richmond, Virginia	$47,120	$29,610	120
79	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$47,110	$31,870	340
80	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$46,930	$33,320	140
81	New Haven, Connecticut	$46,730	$29,130	40
82	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$46,720	$31,840	930
83	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$46,600	$34,580	110
84	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$46,510	$38,430	40
85	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$45,920	$36,610	40
86	St Louis, Missouri	$45,910	$31,200	140
87	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$45,780	$32,820	50
88	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$45,770	$29,610	100
89	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$45,630	$28,460	30
90	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$45,560	$27,020	30
91	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$45,310	$28,710	490
92	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$44,710	$30,360	60
93	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$44,670	$30,500	480
94	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$44,650	$20,220	80
95	Billings, Montana	$44,540	$35,560	n/a
96	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$44,370	$30,900	100
97	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$44,370	$28,210	n/a
98	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$44,360	$30,280	40
99	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$44,350	$29,840	40
100	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$43,850	$32,180	50

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