Security Systems Technician Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Security Systems Technician in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Security Systems Technician in National, the published median for SOC 49-2098, Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers, is $60,070 per year. The middle half of the Security Systems Technician in National wage distribution runs from $47,820 to $73,690, a width of $25,870 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Security Systems Technician comparison, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $59,280 per year while Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX reports $57,930 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 Security Systems 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 Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers, read alongside Security Systems Technician in National, are Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services at $95,190 per year (NAICS 541300); Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing at $91,330 per year (NAICS 334500); Scientific Research and Development Services at $87,580 per year (NAICS 541700). Those Security Systems 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 Security Systems Technician in National median was $59,300 per year in May 2024, compared with $60,070 in May 2025, a published difference of $770. That Security Systems 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 $59,300 and $60,070 Security Systems Technician in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $60,070 per year for Security Systems 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 Security Systems 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 Security Systems Technician in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Security Systems Technician in National is broader: BLS groups Security Systems Technician within Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Security Systems Technician in National opening, the work checks include security-system platforms certs; state security 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 Security Systems Technician in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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