How much do low voltage technicians make in 2026?
Low voltage technicians are counted in the BLS security and fire alarm systems installers series: OEWS May 2025 gives the SOC 49-2098 national median as $60,070 a year ($28.88 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $38,800 and the top 10% at $81,150. The series is a broad home for a very mixed field — structured cabling, access control, video surveillance, audiovisual, nurse call, building controls and fibre all fall under the low-voltage heading, and their pay differs considerably. Pulling and terminating copper is the entry work and sits low in the band. Above it are technicians who can certify a cabling installation with test results, splice and terminate fibre, commission access control and video systems against a network, or integrate building controls. The pattern across the whole field is consistent: pay follows whoever can prove the system works and document it, not whoever installed the cable. Employment is projected to grow 10.4% through 2034 with roughly 9,400 openings a year. → Full low voltage technician career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $60,070 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Low Voltage Technicians earn a national median $60,070/yr ($28.88/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 49-2098); the P10 to P90 range is $38,800 to $81,150.
- BLS pools all this work into SOC 49-2098, so the $38,800 to $81,150 band spans cabling, security, audiovisual, nurse call and controls specialisms.
- Copper pulling and termination is entry work; fibre splicing, certified testing, network commissioning and controls integration are what lift pay.
- The consistent premium goes to technicians who can test, document and commission a system rather than only install it.
US Low Voltage Technician Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do low voltage technicians earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 49-2098; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 49-2098, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a low voltage technician earn at each career stage?
Low voltage pay follows testing, fibre and commissioning capability rather than years pulling cable. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 49-2098.
By State
Which states pay low voltage technicians the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the BLS national median for the series scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. Licensing varies substantially: some states require a specialty low-voltage licence, some fold this work under electrical licensing, and alarm and access-control work often carries separate registration and background requirements. Data centre and campus construction concentration then decides how much of the better-paid fibre and commissioning work exists locally.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($69,080), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay low voltage technicians the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median for the series scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a low voltage technician’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does low voltage technician pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Low Voltage Technicians sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify low voltage technician wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a low voltage technician actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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