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Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers salary in Boston, MA

The median security and fire alarm systems installers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $78,560 a year, 31% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,014 a month.

10th percentile
$48,950
25th percentile
$60,940
Median percentile
$78,560
75th percentile
$99,330
90th percentile
$103,830

Based on 1,330 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$60,169 take-home a year
Gross pay$78,560
Federal income tax−$8,453
Social Security + Medicare−$6,010
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,928
Monthly take-home$5,014
Every two weeks$2,314

Does it go far here?

$72,562Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
40%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All security and fire alarm systems installers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts