SOC 49-2098 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers make in Laredo, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Laredo, TX is $39,800. The 10th percentile is $31,790 and the 90th percentile is $52,250. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$39,800

10th percentile
$31,790
25th percentile
$31,790
Median
$39,800
75th percentile
$49,790
90th percentile
$52,250
Mean
$40,990

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers, the published 10th percentile is $31,790 and the 90th percentile is $52,250. The difference is $20,460, which is 51.4% 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 $31,790 to the 75th at $49,790, covers $18,000.

The mean annual wage is $40,990, which sits above the median of $39,800. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Laredo, TX median is 33.7% lower than the national median of $60,070 for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,770, which is 23.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.9% lower than the Texas median of $52,270.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Laredo, TX is 86.956, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,800 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers at $45,770 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. Laredo, TX ranks 5th of 5 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).).

  • McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 118 miles away, with a median of $45,210 and employment of 150. That median is 13.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,634, against $45,770 here.
  • Corpus Christi, TX is 119 miles away, with a median of $49,960 and employment of 70. That median is 25.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,911, against $45,770 here.
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 124 miles away, with a median of $56,600 and employment of 820. That median is 42.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,758, against $45,770 here.

Employment share

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Laredo, TX (50 of 109,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (86,340 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Laredo, TX · Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers make in Laredo, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Laredo, TX is $39,800. The 10th percentile is $31,790 and the 90th percentile is $52,250. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers?

The local median is 33.7% lower than the national median of $60,070.

What is Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers pay in Laredo, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Laredo, TX is 86.956, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,800 is $45,770. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Laredo, TX compare with nearby metros for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers?

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 118 miles away, at $45,210. Laredo, TX ranks 5th of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.