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Low voltage technician salary
Low voltage technicians are offered a median of $29.00 an hour in job posts on Best Electrician Jobs, about $60,300 a year at 40 hours a week. That figure comes from 33 posts from 24 employers that stated a pay range, posted September 24, 2026 to November 12, 2026. The figure covers cabling, voice and data, and general low voltage jobs. Half of those posts offer between $24.00 to $32.50.
- Median offered
- $29.00/hr
- Middle half of posts
- $24.00 to $32.50/hr
- At 40 hours a week
- About $60,300/yr
- Sample
- 33 posts from 24 employers
- Highest-paid specialty: fire alarm
- $37.00/hr
Figures as of . How they are made
Low voltage pay by specialty
Low voltage is a family of trades, and they don't pay the same. Fire alarm sits at the top and audio visual at the bottom, $10.57 apart at the median.
| Specialty | Median | Middle half | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire alarm | $37.00 | $31.84 to $40.00 | 36 |
| Data center technician | $32.50 | $25.79 to $40.06 | 33 |
| Security and access control | $31.50 | $26.00 to $37.50 | 39 |
| Cabling, voice and data | $29.00 | $24.00 to $32.50 | 33 |
| Audio visual | $26.43 | Too few posts | 14 |
Fire alarm posts also ask for certification more than any other specialty: 26 of the 36 mention NICET.
The certifications employers mention
In cabling, the name to know is BICSI. 14 of the 33 cabling and general low voltage posts mention it, and so do 9 of the 33 data center technician posts. In fire alarm it is NICET.
These posts don't state pay by certification, so this page doesn't put a dollar value on one. What they do show is which certifications employers ask about, and that is a reasonable place to start.
What the government data shows
BLS has no single low voltage occupation. These are the closest series, with electricians for comparison.
| BLS occupation | Median | Employed |
|---|---|---|
| Telecommunications equipment installers (49-2022) | $30.72 | 140,920 |
| Electricians (47-2111) | $30.38 | 757,220 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers (49-2098) | $28.88 | 86,340 |
| Audiovisual equipment installers (49-2097) | $25.29 | 19,780 |
BLS reports security and fire alarm installers as one group, at $28.88. On this board the two trades post $5.50 apart, which is why a single government figure can mislead either one.
Setting low voltage pay
Price the specialty, not the category. A cabling technician and a fire alarm technician are both low voltage, but their posted medians are $8.00 apart.
If the job needs BICSI or NICET, say so in the post and pay for it. The middle of the posted market for cabling and general low voltage work is $24.00 to $32.50 an hour.
Questions
How much does a low voltage technician make?
Low voltage posts on Best Electrician Jobs offer a median of $29.00 an hour, about $60,300 a year at 40 hours a week (33 posts from 24 employers).
Do low voltage technicians make less than electricians?
On posted pay, yes: $29.00 for low voltage against $39.65 for journeyman electricians. Fire alarm, at $37.00, comes closest.
How much do security technicians make?
Security and access control posts offer a median of $31.50 an hour (39 posts from 25 employers).
How much does a cable technician make?
Cabling, voice and data posts are the core of the low voltage figure: a median of $29.00 an hour, with half between $24.00 to $32.50.
How these figures are made
- Every posted figure comes from job posts on Best Electrician Jobs where the employer entered a pay range. Pay that appears only inside a job description is not counted.
- Only hourly pay is counted, using the midpoint of each range. Ranges under $15 or over $120 an hour are dropped, and so are ranges whose top is more than twice the bottom, because those span different jobs.
- A job posted in several cities counts once, and no company counts more than three times in any figure.
- Jobs are grouped by title. A row appears only with at least 10 posts from 5 employers. A headline figure needs 20 posts from 10 employers, and a middle-half range needs 30 posts.
- Yearly figures are the hourly rate times 2,080 hours, rounded to the nearest $100.
- Posted pay is what employers offer in their ads, not what workers end up earning. Government figures come from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025.
Figures as of .
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