SOC 49-2098 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025
How much do Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers make in Tucson, AZ?
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 Tucson, AZ is $47,690. The 10th percentile is $37,270 and the 90th percentile is $76,260. Employment is 170.
Median annual wage
$47,690
- 10th percentile
- $37,270
- 25th percentile
- $40,110
- Median
- $47,690
- 75th percentile
- $63,270
- 90th percentile
- $76,260
- Mean
- $54,650
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers, the published 10th percentile is $37,270 and the 90th percentile is $76,260. The difference is $38,990, which is 81.8% 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 $40,110 to the 75th at $63,270, covers $23,160.
The mean annual wage is $54,650, which sits above the median of $47,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Tucson, AZ median is 20.6% lower than the national median of $60,070 for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,218, which is 18.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 20.1% lower than the Arizona median of $59,680.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tucson, AZ is 96.896, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers at $49,218 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. Tucson, AZ ranks 2nd 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).).
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $60,750 and employment of 1,730. That median is 27.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,800, against $49,218 here.
Employment share
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Tucson, AZ (170 of 389,630). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (86,340 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.79 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 Tucson, AZ · 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 Tucson, AZ?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Tucson, AZ is $47,690. The 10th percentile is $37,270 and the 90th percentile is $76,260. Employment is 170.
How does that compare with the national median for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers?
The local median is 20.6% lower than the national median of $60,070.
What is Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers pay in Tucson, AZ after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tucson, AZ is 96.896, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,690 is $49,218. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Tucson, AZ compare with nearby metros for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers?
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 75 miles away, at $60,750. Tucson, AZ ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.