Door Hardware Technician Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Door Hardware Technician in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Door Hardware Technician in National, the published median for SOC 49-9094, Locksmiths and Safe Repairers, is $51,320 per year. The middle half of the Door Hardware Technician in National wage distribution runs from $43,160 to $64,560, a width of $21,400 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Door Hardware Technician comparison, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $61,830 per year while Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA reports $57,320 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Door Hardware Technician figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Locksmiths and Safe Repairers, read alongside Door Hardware Technician in National, are Scientific Research and Development Services at $99,460 per year (NAICS 541700); Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services at $90,230 per year (NAICS 54); Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services at $90,230 per year (NAICS 541000). Those Door Hardware Technician in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Door Hardware Technician in National median was $50,490 per year in May 2024, compared with $51,320 in May 2025, a published difference of $830. That Door Hardware Technician in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $50,490 and $51,320 Door Hardware Technician in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $51,320 per year for Door Hardware Technician in National, separate on-call duties, overtime, travel reimbursement, tool replacement and any truck allowance separately; prevailing wage and union requirements must be checked against the actual assignment. The Door Hardware Technician in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Door Hardware Technician in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Door Hardware Technician in National is broader: BLS groups Door Hardware Technician within Locksmiths and Safe Repairers; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Door Hardware Technician in National opening, the work checks include ALOA certification (CRL, CPL); state locksmith license where required; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Door Hardware Technician in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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