How much do Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

Percentile spread

For Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers, the published 10th percentile is $38,630 and the 90th percentile is $82,050. The difference is $43,420, which is 71.5% 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 $48,770 to the 75th at $75,100, covers $26,330.

The mean annual wage is $61,680, which sits above the median of $60,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 1.1% higher than the national median of $60,070 for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,800, which is 2.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.8% higher than the Arizona median of $59,680.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers at $58,800 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ ranks 1st of 2 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).).

• Tucson, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $47,690 and employment of 170. That median is 21.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,218, against $58,800 here.

Employment share

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (1,730 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (86,340 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.31 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.