Physical Security recruiters serving Denver.
Denver has 45% more security and fire alarm systems installers per job than the country as a whole, about 1,300 in the metro. BLS counts 150 business locations of security systems integrators across the metro. Below: local pay for every role we staff and the state licensing rules that apply.
Positions we recruit for in Denver.
BLS counts about 12,500 people working in the occupations behind these roles across the Denver metro, the largest group being electricians (about 10,450). Relative to the size of the local economy, security and fire alarm systems installers are far more concentrated here than nationally (location quotient 1.45). Local headcount and pay for each role are below; role descriptions are on the Physical Security hub.
Security Systems Installer / Technician
Denver: 1,300 employed · $64,020 median, 17th-highest of 110 metros
Access Control Technician
CCTV / Video Surveillance Technician
Low-Voltage Electrician (Security Specialty)
Denver: 10,450 employed · $63,150 median, 53rd-highest of 112 metros
Alarm Systems Technician
Security Systems Project Manager
Denver: 7,250 employed · $128,850 median, 17th-highest of 111 metros
Security Systems Estimator
Denver: 3,690 employed · $89,820 median, 7th-highest of 111 metros
Integration Engineer / Systems Integrator
Denver: 750 employed · $78,330 median, 38th-highest of 106 metros
Field Service Technician
Security Systems Foreman / Crew Lead
Denver: 11,780 employed · $83,400 median, 31st-highest of 112 metros
Hiring the same trade in another market? We recruit it in Des Moines, IA, Detroit, MI, Durham-Chapel Hill, NC too.
What Physical Security roles earn in Denver.
Security and fire alarm systems installers in Denver earn a median $64,020, 7% over the $60,070 national figure, and 17th of 110 metros. Pay runs $48,210 at the tenth percentile to $99,910 at the ninetieth. The best-paid role below is electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, at $78,330 against $78,190 nationally.
| Role | Denver median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Systems Installer / Technician · Access Control Technician · CCTV / Video Surveillance TechnicianSecurity and Fire Alarm Systems Installers (49-2098) | $64,020 | $48,210–$99,910 | $60,070 | +7% | 1,300 |
| Low-Voltage Electrician (Security Specialty)Electricians (47-2111) | $63,150 | $46,070–$94,160 | $63,190 | 0% | 10,450 |
| Security Systems Project ManagerConstruction Managers (11-9021) | $128,850 | $83,960–$204,220 | $114,990 | +12% | 7,250 |
| Security Systems EstimatorCost Estimators (13-1051) | $89,820 | $59,800–$135,230 | $78,740 | +14% | 3,690 |
| Integration Engineer / Systems IntegratorElectrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (17-3023) | $78,330 | $53,240–$102,800 | $78,190 | 0% | 750 |
| Security Systems Foreman / Crew LeadFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $83,400 | $61,540–$126,010 | $79,920 | +4% | 11,780 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Denver metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile; management and office roles are metro-wide. A metro ranking counts only the metros where BLS publishes that occupation.
How Denver's physical security market has changed since 2018.
The number of security systems integrators in Denver rose from 112 in 2018 to 150 in 2023, up 34%, ahead of the 18% national rise.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security systems integrators: business locations | 112 | 150 | +34% |
| Security systems integrators: employment | – | 2,275 | – |
| Security systems integrators: average annual pay | – | $85,792 | – |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Free Physical Security hiring resources.
Definitive Guide to Physical Security · 2026 Physical Security Salary Guide · 3-Step Interview Guide for Physical Security
Denver runs 45% more physical security workers per job than the country as a whole — well above the national concentration. More per job means more people to reach, and more employers reaching them.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 , Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers. Metro-wide figures for the base occupation; the wage table above is role-specific and commercial.
How Denver's physical security market compares
Among the 99 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Denver ranks 12th for headcount, 16th for median pay and 19th for concentration for security and fire alarm systems installers.
What this means for hiring:For physical security employers in Denver, the pool is deep and still growing, so the constraint is competition rather than supply. Move fast on good candidates, because another local firm is probably talking to them too.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Denver metro. Employers are counted by business location.
Physical Security licensing in Colorado.
Colorado does not license alarm, security system or low voltage installers as a regulated occupation, and the legislature's own inventory of regulated professions contains no such category. The only state credential that can touch this work is the electrician or electrical contractor license issued by the State Electrical Board under Article 115 of Title 12. There is no state alarm board, no state technician card and no state fingerprint requirement for a security installer, so the real gate is the city or county building department that issues the permit. When hiring, ask which local jurisdictions the company is registered in, and whether any line voltage scope requires a state licensed electrician on the crew.
Licensing authority: No state alarm or security installer license; Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, State Electrical Board is the only related state licensing body. Confirm current rules with the agency.
What else is competing for Denver crews.
Not physical security work. These are the capital projects big enough to pull the same crews into Denver in the months you are trying to fill a seat, each with the status its own market page reports.
- UCHealth / Anschutz Medical Campus expansions (Aurora)Multi-phase healthcare build-outOngoing 2024-2027
Hospital and research construction is the tightest specialty market in metro Denver. Medical-gas plumbers, controls techs, and clean-space mechanical PMs in short supply.
- Denver International Airport (DEN) - Great Hall + gate expansions$2B+ programMulti-year, ongoing through 2028
Concourse gate additions and the Great Hall renovation drive sustained mechanical, electrical, and specialty finish demand. Phased work means rolling crew needs across trades.
- National Western Center redevelopment (Denver)$1B+ campus programPhased through late 2020s
Large mixed-use civic/agricultural campus. Steel erection, MEP, and heavy sitework crews in steady demand across multiple building phases.
Showing 3 of 6 projects tracked in this metro. The Denver market page lists them all.
What credentials matter for physical security, and what kills offers in Denver.
The 4 credentials that gate the work and the 4 things that most often end a physical security offer are the same in every market, kept in one place: Physical Security credentials and offer risks, each linked to the body that issues it. What is local is the licensing rule above and the pay further up this page.
Frequently asked - Physical Security hiring in Denver.
What do security and fire alarm systems installers earn in Denver?
BLS puts the Denver median for security and fire alarm systems installers at $64,020 a year, 7% above the $60,070 national median. That ranks 17th of 110 metros with published figures, in the top quarter. Experience carries a clear premium, $48,210 at the 10th percentile against $99,910 at the 90th - a 2.1x gap - so an offer at the median mostly reaches newer workers.
Is it hard to hire security and fire alarm systems installers in Denver?
Not by national standards. Security and fire alarm systems installers make up 45% more of the Denver workforce than they do nationally, about 1,300 people. The 150 security systems integrators here average about 15 employees per location. With 34% more of those firms than in 2018, more employers are competing for the same crews.
Which physical security roles pay the most in Denver?
Of the roles we recruit for, Security Systems Project Manager pays the most in Denver, a $128,850 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Integration Engineer / Systems Integrator at $78,330, 39% below it. Low-Voltage Electrician (Security Specialty) is the lowest-paid field role at $63,150. Relative to national pay, Security Systems Estimator is the strongest-paying role here (14% above).
How many security systems integrators operate in Denver?
BLS counted 150 security systems integrators in Denver in 2023, employing about 2,275 people between them. Up from 112 in 2018, a 34% increase against 18% growth nationally. That averages 15 people per location. They pay an average of $85,792, 7% above the $80,288 national average for the same kind of employer.
Can Denver employers recruit security and fire alarm systems installers from nearby metros?
Not easily. None of the other metros we cover within 300 miles of Denver has published BLS figures for security and fire alarm systems installers, so a search here mostly has to be won locally or by relocating someone from farther away.
We have not closed a physical security search in Denver yet. Here is what we have closed.
These are other trades in the same market. We would rather show you the searches we have actually run in Denver than imply a record in this trade that we do not have yet.
- Commercial HVAC Service TechnicianA millwright who also runs commercial HVAC - four days to hire.
Plenty of people. Few of them looking.
Denver has one of the deeper pools of security and fire alarm systems installers we cover, but the best of them are already working. Let's find the ones ready to move.
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