Highest-paying Cities for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers

The top 100 highest paying cities for security and fire alarm systems installers (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 security and fire alarm systems installers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $76,440, Eugene-Springfield, Oregon is the highest paying city for security and fire alarm systems installers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $74,470). 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 security and fire alarm systems installers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$76,440	$43,990	70
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$74,470	$48,710	810
3	Salem, Oregon	$72,030	$39,290	60
4	Medford, Oregon	$71,550	$37,750	40
5	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$70,960	$37,640	560
6	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$70,630	$36,740	n/a
7	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$67,770	$43,010	140
8	Albany, Oregon	$67,380	$35,690	50
9	Manchester, New Hampshire	$65,260	$36,400	70
10	Boulder, Colorado	$65,130	$45,390	80
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$64,750	$44,390	710
12	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,500	$42,600	810
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$64,390	$42,780	750
14	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$64,360	$39,830	1,630
15	El Paso, Texas	$64,340	$28,830	430
16	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$64,080	$40,460	80
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,360	$39,780	1,330
18	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$63,110	$43,800	110
19	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$63,050	$46,350	1,100
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$62,940	$45,400	3,920
21	New Haven, Connecticut	$62,540	$37,350	90
22	Peoria, Illinois	$62,130	$43,170	170
23	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$62,060	$44,480	30
24	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$62,010	$41,470	40
25	Olympia, Washington	$61,880	$37,500	40
26	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$61,810	$44,350	1,710
27	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$61,750	$40,880	2,320
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$61,380	$39,890	600
29	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$61,360	$45,320	100
30	St Cloud, Minnesota	$61,240	$33,240	50
31	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$61,060	$39,210	40
32	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$60,960	$40,450	220
33	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$60,670	$43,690	n/a
34	Duluth, Wisconsin	$60,640	$39,530	30
35	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$60,560	$40,480	100
36	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$60,350	$37,450	210
37	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$60,080	$37,320	1,390
38	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$59,990	$36,400	150
39	Reading, Pennsylvania	$59,960	$38,610	110
40	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$59,920	$43,960	30
41	Spokane, Washington	$59,620	$39,970	120
42	Springfield, Massachusetts	$59,560	$38,270	140
43	Anchorage, Alaska	$59,560	$37,210	140
44	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$59,530	$37,550	30
45	Greeley, Colorado	$59,490	$38,760	80
46	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$59,380	$30,890	30
47	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$59,110	$33,320	40
48	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$58,990	$36,700	60
49	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$58,910	$38,890	790
50	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$58,770	$39,990	460
51	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$58,730	$37,560	1,320
52	St Louis, Missouri	$58,710	$36,360	450
53	Salinas, California	$58,690	$41,260	70
54	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$58,650	$32,210	760
55	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$58,600	$36,700	40
56	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$58,570	$35,360	400
57	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$58,390	$30,430	n/a
58	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$58,280	$38,120	220
59	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$58,240	$35,970	6,230
60	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$57,510	$38,330	50
61	Casper, Wyoming	$57,470	$35,100	40
62	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$57,230	$38,570	140
63	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$57,120	$38,990	40
64	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$57,090	$37,150	570
65	Danbury, Connecticut	$56,740	$34,430	60
66	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$56,490	$44,890	n/a
67	Nashua, New Hampshire	$56,300	$43,390	40
68	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$56,260	$34,020	30
69	Charlottesville, Virginia	$56,040	$49,430	40
70	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$55,770	$36,800	980
71	Redding, California	$55,660	$38,690	70
72	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$55,440	$26,300	n/a
73	Tacoma, Washington	$55,280	$33,740	140
74	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$55,050	$38,660	60
75	Topeka, Kansas	$54,970	$39,640	40
76	Rapid City, South Dakota	$54,510	$37,840	40
77	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$54,020	$38,060	40
78	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$53,670	$36,410	90
79	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$53,540	$37,510	130
80	Camden, New Jersey	$53,500	$33,160	270
81	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$53,410	$36,810	40
82	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$53,380	$34,570	n/a
83	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$52,950	$36,850	110
84	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$52,900	$34,320	60
85	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$52,330	$36,330	50
86	Wilmington, New Jersey	$52,040	$33,330	170
87	Modesto, California	$51,800	$31,680	300
88	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$51,750	$30,190	1,790
89	Huntsville, Alabama	$51,670	$36,340	120
90	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$51,660	$31,900	370
91	Kansas City, Missouri	$51,390	$28,670	850
92	Syracuse, New York	$51,320	$36,740	160
93	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$51,230	$38,050	130
94	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$51,050	$35,860	480
95	Rochester, Minnesota	$51,040	$37,660	n/a
96	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$50,960	$37,090	210
97	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$50,880	$35,400	40
98	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$50,860	$36,130	1,850
99	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$50,800	$40,570	50
100	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$50,550	$39,880	60

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