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What locksmiths make
Experienced
$72,000
Apprentice
$45,000
Owner or institutional
$100,000
Job Bank's national median is $34.72 an hour, about $72,000 a year full time. One caution: Job Bank pools locksmiths into a wider group of technical trades (the NOC 72999 group, NOC being the National Occupational Classification), so the real locksmith median is probably a bit lower. Shop owners and institutional locksmiths at hospitals and universities sit at the top.