How much do Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers make in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV?

Percentile spread

For Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers, the published 10th percentile is $38,360 and the 90th percentile is $72,870. The difference is $34,510, which is 63.0% 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 $49,030 to the 75th at $61,190, covers $12,160.

The mean annual wage is $56,250, which sits above the median of $54,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV median is 8.8% lower than the national median of $60,070 for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,160, which is 3.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.2% lower than the Maryland median of $65,330.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Maryland, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV is 94.171, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers at $58,160 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV ranks 17th of 19 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).).

• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 56 miles away, with a median of $66,790 and employment of 1,610. That median is 21.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,341, against $58,160 here.
• York-Hanover, PA is 71 miles away, with a median of $50,900 and employment of 120. That median is 7.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,021, against $58,160 here.
• Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA is 73 miles away, with a median of $59,990 and employment of 60. That median is 9.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,811, against $58,160 here.

Employment share

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV (80 of 107,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (86,340 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.34 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.