Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Security and Fire Alarm Installers
Security and Fire Alarm Installers install, program, maintain, and repair security and fire alarm wiring and equipment. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $32,280 to $39,240 per year or $16 to $19 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $37 | $76,690 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $30 | $63,050 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $24 | $50,940 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $19 | $39,240 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $16 | $32,280 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
AK | $35 | $72,470 |
MA | $34 | $70,670 |
DC | $33 | $69,670 |
OR | $29 | $61,030 |
NJ | $29 | $60,960 |
NY | $29 | $59,850 |
MN | $29 | $59,760 |
CT | $29 | $59,620 |
SD | $29 | $59,620 |
IL | $28 | $59,250 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like AK doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at AK might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Security and Alarm Installers are in the states of AK, MA, DC, OR and NJ.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $70870 | $34.07 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services | $65620 | $31.55 |
Nonresidential Building Construction | $63560 | $30.56 |
State Government | $60820 | $29.24 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $60250 | $28.97 |
Local Government | $59360 | $28.54 |
Services to Buildings and Dwellings | $58700 | $28.22 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $58700 | $28.22 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $56630 | $27.23 |
Facilities Support Services | $55960 | $26.91 |
Building Equipment Contractors | $53690 | $25.81 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools | $53690 | $25.81 |
Telecommunications | $52420 | $25.20 |
Investigation and Security Services | $51560 | $24.79 |
Other Specialty Trade Contractors | $49350 | $23.73 |
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $48810 | $23.47 |
Employment Services | $47840 | $23.00 |
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers | $47800 | $22.98 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods | $47370 | $22.78 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services | $47340 | $22.76 |
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $46330 | $22.27 |
Electronics and Appliance Stores | $43190 | $20.77 |