Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers Salary — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The average Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania earns $60,770 a year.

$60,770 / year, mean
↓ 1.5% below national average 89th percentile in Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh pays well above most of Pennsylvania for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for security and fire alarm systems installers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
600
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.8%
Cost of living 95 #108 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $231,356 #145 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $73,942 #77 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Pittsburgh ranks #108 for cost of living and #145 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $86,380 San Francisco $81,630 Santa Cruz $76,760 Portland $76,680 Seattle $76,430 Salem $75,340 Bremerton $74,350 Mount Vernon $73,110 Vallejo $71,660 San Diego $71,000 Kennewick $70,970 Sacramento $70,950 Los Angeles $70,810 Ann Arbor $70,380 Bend $70,030 Olympia $69,940 Stockton $69,230 Spokane $68,330 Trenton $67,820 Baltimore $67,610 Santa Rosa $66,980 Salinas $66,870 Salisbury $66,760 Peoria $66,550 Atlantic City $66,310 Eugene $65,210 Riverside $64,700 San Luis Obispo $64,430 Modesto $64,150 Chicago $62,950 New York $62,720 Philadelphia $62,550 Fresno $62,370 Redding $61,780 Indianapolis $61,670 Kiryas Joel $61,570 Louisville $61,320 Palm Bay $60,990 Pittsburgh $60,770 Syracuse $60,750 Albany $60,730 Bakersfield $60,730 Harrisburg $60,620 Lexington $60,590 Buffalo $60,480 Allentown $60,460 Tampa $60,190 Port St. Lucie $60,040 Naples $59,710 Oxnard $59,650 Richmond $59,640 South Bend $59,420 Jacksonville $59,340 Rochester $59,240 Austin $59,210 Virginia Beach $58,650 Fort Myers $58,480 Orlando $58,190 Utica $57,970 Charleston $57,630 Reading $57,520 Miami $57,320 Sarasota $57,320 Lancaster $57,250 Glens Falls $57,240 Elkhart $57,010 Visalia $56,820 Dallas $56,380 Scranton $56,380 Hagerstown $56,250 Paducah $56,020 Lakeland $55,910 Evansville $55,850 Pensacola $55,500 San Antonio $55,430 Beaumont $55,420 Fort Wayne $55,290 Grand Rapids $55,210 Erie $55,140 Roanoke $55,140 Deltona $55,130 Tyler $54,950 Houston $54,930 Bloomington $54,720 El Paso $54,450 Detroit $54,170 Gainesville $54,050 York $54,010 Crestview $54,000 Tallahassee $53,920 Huntington $53,800 Punta Gorda $53,690 Lansing $52,630 Corpus Christi $52,420 Wichita Falls $52,140 Binghamton $51,530 Lynchburg $50,930 San Angelo $50,480 Lubbock $50,330 Amarillo $49,890 McAllen $46,800 Brownsville $44,650 Texarkana $43,060 Laredo $40,990
CityMean salaryvs. Pittsburgh
Albany, New York$60,730-0.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$60,460-0.5%
Amarillo, Texas$49,890-17.9%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$70,380+15.8%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$66,310+9.1%
Austin, Texas$59,210-2.6%
Bakersfield, California$60,730-0.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$67,610+11.3%
Beaumont, Texas$55,420-8.8%
Bend, Oregon$70,030+15.2%
Binghamton, New York$51,530-15.2%
Bloomington, Indiana$54,720-10.0%
Bremerton, Washington$74,350+22.3%
Brownsville, Texas$44,650-26.5%
Buffalo, New York$60,480-0.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$58,480-3.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$57,630-5.2%
Chicago, Illinois$62,950+3.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas$52,420-13.7%
Crestview, Florida$54,000-11.1%
Dallas, Texas$56,380-7.2%
Deltona, Florida$55,130-9.3%
Detroit, Michigan$54,170-10.9%
Elkhart, Indiana$57,010-6.2%
El Paso, Texas$54,450-10.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$55,140-9.3%
Eugene, Oregon$65,210+7.3%
Evansville, Indiana$55,850-8.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$55,290-9.0%
Fresno, California$62,370+2.6%
Gainesville, Florida$54,050-11.1%
Glens Falls, New York$57,240-5.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$55,210-9.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$56,250-7.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$60,620-0.2%
Houston, Texas$54,930-9.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$53,800-11.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$61,670+1.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$59,340-2.4%
Kennewick, Washington$70,970+16.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$61,570+1.3%
Lakeland, Florida$55,910-8.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$57,250-5.8%
Lansing, Michigan$52,630-13.4%
Laredo, Texas$40,990-32.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$60,590-0.3%
Los Angeles, California$70,810+16.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$61,320+0.9%
Lubbock, Texas$50,330-17.2%
Lynchburg, Virginia$50,930-16.2%
McAllen, Texas$46,800-23.0%
Miami, Florida$57,320-5.7%
Modesto, California$64,150+5.6%
Mount Vernon, Washington$73,110+20.3%
Naples, Florida$59,710-1.7%
New York, New York$62,720+3.2%
Sarasota, Florida$57,320-5.7%
Olympia, Washington$69,940+15.1%
Orlando, Florida$58,190-4.2%
Oxnard, California$59,650-1.8%
Paducah, Kentucky$56,020-7.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$60,990+0.4%
Pensacola, Florida$55,500-8.7%
Peoria, Illinois$66,550+9.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$62,550+2.9%
Portland, Oregon$76,680+26.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$60,040-1.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$53,690-11.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$57,520-5.3%
Redding, California$61,780+1.7%
Richmond, Virginia$59,640-1.9%
Riverside, California$64,700+6.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$55,140-9.3%
Rochester, New York$59,240-2.5%
Sacramento, California$70,950+16.8%
Salem, Oregon$75,340+24.0%
Salinas, California$66,870+10.0%
Salisbury, Maryland$66,760+9.9%
San Angelo, Texas$50,480-16.9%
San Antonio, Texas$55,430-8.8%
San Diego, California$71,000+16.8%
San Francisco, California$81,630+34.3%
San Jose, California$86,380+42.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$64,430+6.0%
Santa Cruz, California$76,760+26.3%
Santa Rosa, California$66,980+10.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$56,380-7.2%
Seattle, Washington$76,430+25.8%
South Bend, Indiana$59,420-2.2%
Spokane, Washington$68,330+12.4%
Stockton, California$69,230+13.9%
Syracuse, New York$60,750-0.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$53,920-11.3%
Tampa, Florida$60,190-1.0%
Texarkana, Texas$43,060-29.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$67,820+11.6%
Tyler, Texas$54,950-9.6%
Utica, New York$57,970-4.6%
Vallejo, California$71,660+17.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$58,650-3.5%
Visalia, California$56,820-6.5%
Wichita Falls, Texas$52,140-14.2%
York, Pennsylvania$54,010-11.1%
Gross salary
60,770/yr
Estimated take-home
49,143/yr
Est. total withheld
19.1%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 49-2098 SOC code
Official area Pittsburgh, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 38300 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
2,443,921