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Security & Fire Alarm Installers

SOC 49-2098

Install and maintain alarm, camera, and fire-detection systems.

The job
Median pay
$60k
$48k to $74k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+6.8% projected
Openings a year
9k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
10/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
25th pct
More exposed than 25% of occupations · modeled estimate · 56th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
57/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Texas10,2600.71.3×$52k
Florida8,3200.81.5×$60k
California8,1800.40.8×$72k
New York6,6200.71.2×$59k
North Carolina2,8800.61.1×$54k
New Jersey2,7400.61.1×$63k
Pennsylvania2,6500.40.8×$60k
Tennessee2,5200.81.4×$51k
Ohio2,4400.40.8×$62k
Maryland2,2300.81.4×$65k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Georgia2,2200.50.8×$53k
Illinois2,1800.40.6×$60k
Virginia2,1300.50.9×$61k
Michigan2,0600.50.8×$56k
Arizona2,0400.61.1×$60k
Colorado1,9500.71.2×$62k
Indiana1,9300.61.1×$58k
Missouri1,7900.61.1×$55k
Massachusetts1,6900.50.8×$79k
Washington1,6700.50.8×$73k
Alabama1,3500.61.1×$61k
Oklahoma1,3400.81.4×$48k
Louisiana1,1700.61.1×$55k
Nevada1,1700.81.4×$61k
Kentucky1,0800.51.0×$61k
South Carolina1,0500.50.8×$60k
Utah9800.61.0×$61k
Oregon9500.50.9×$76k
Minnesota7700.30.5×$62k
Wisconsin7700.30.5×$61k
Kansas7400.50.9×$61k
New Mexico6300.71.3×$58k
Arkansas6200.50.9×$49k
Connecticut5400.30.6×$75k
New Hampshire5000.71.3×$62k
Nebraska4900.50.9×$48k
Iowa4800.30.6×$64k
Mississippi4400.40.7×$47k
Hawaii3800.61.1×$63k
Idaho3400.40.7×$49k
West Virginia2600.40.7×$51k
Maine2400.40.7×$64k
Rhode Island2400.50.9×$76k
South Dakota2200.50.9×$56k
Washington DC2100.30.5×$58k
Montana1900.40.7×$59k
Delaware1600.30.6×$60k
North Dakota1500.30.6×$58k
Wyoming1500.51.0×$60k
Alaska1100.30.6×$80k
Vermont1100.40.7×$60k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ6,850 jobs · $59k median
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,550 jobs · $58k median
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,960 jobs · $72k median
  4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,500 jobs · $57k median
  5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,220 jobs · $61k median
  6. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ1,730 jobs · $61k median
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,610 jobs · $67k median
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,510 jobs · $61k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.