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Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Urban Honolulu, HI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers is $81,980 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $63,090 per year in Urban Honolulu, HI. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 29.9% above Urban Honolulu, HI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2098 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 320 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 330 in Urban Honolulu, HI. 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