How much do Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers, the published 10th percentile is $48,950 and the 90th percentile is $103,830. The difference is $54,880, which is 69.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $60,940 to the 75th at $99,330, covers $38,390.

The mean annual wage is $79,070, which sits above the median of $78,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 30.8% higher than the national median of $60,070 for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $72,562, which is 20.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Massachusetts median of $78,530.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers at $72,562 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 2nd of 13 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 45 miles away, with a median of $62,250 and employment of 280. That median is 20.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,917, against $72,562 here.
• Worcester, MA is 49 miles away, with a median of $80,480. That median is 2.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,499, against $72,562 here.
• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $75,350 and employment of 360. That median is 4.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,037, against $72,562 here.

Employment share

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1,330 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (86,340 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.89 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.