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Locksmiths and Safe Repairers pay in New Haven, CT and North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Locksmiths and Safe Repairers is $78,160 per year in New Haven, CT. It is $50,200 per year in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL. New Haven, CT is 55.7% above North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 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 30 wage and salary jobs in New Haven, CT and 30 in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL. 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