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Locksmiths and Safe Repairers pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and New Haven, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Locksmiths and Safe Repairers is $60,850 per year in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. It is $78,160 per year in New Haven, CT. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 22.1% below New Haven, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9094 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 130 wage and salary jobs in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and 30 in New Haven, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings