Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Across all occupations in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metropolitan area, the median wage is $47,510 a year ($22.84 an hour) and the mean $63,090, May 2025. That median is −7% against the US median of $50,980 and −1% against Florida's $47,880. BLS counts 125,050 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is family medicine physicians; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL vs Florida and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL area, Florida and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	Hourly	$14.32	$17.27	$22.84	$36.24	$55.24	$30.33	125,050
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	Annual	$29,790	$35,930	$47,510	$75,380	$114,890	$63,090	125,050
Florida	Hourly	$14.43	$17.45	$23.02	$36.26	$55.07	$31.09	9,929,860
Florida	Annual	$30,010	$36,290	$47,880	$75,410	$114,550	$64,670	9,929,860
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

330 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Florida. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$322,030	$154.82	70
2	Physicians, All Other	$278,460	$133.88	220
3	Nurse Anesthetists	$215,990	$103.84	**
4	Chief Executives	$186,440	$89.64	300
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$163,840	$78.77	160
6	Dentists, General	$163,700	$78.70	90
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Florida	$161,140	$77.47	230
8	Marketing Managers	$155,080	$74.56	150
9	Financial Managers in Florida	$145,810	$70.10	490
10	Purchasing Managers	$136,970	$65.85	40
11	Pharmacists	$136,070	$65.42	170
12	Engineers, All Other	$132,650	$63.77	830
13	Physician Assistants	$130,730	$62.85	100
14	Software Developers in Florida	$130,640	$62.81	1,380
15	Human Resources Managers	$129,500	$62.26	90
16	Veterinarians	$128,990	$62.02	120
17	Aerospace Engineers	$128,440	$61.75	190
18	Computer Hardware Engineers	$128,060	$61.57	120
19	Computer Network Architects	$127,490	$61.29	110
20	Commercial Pilots	$126,270	*	110

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Florida	5,760	46.09	1.84	$33,920
2	Waiters and Waitresses in Florida	4,430	35.44	2.43	$37,370
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Florida	4,350	34.76	1.40	$29,220
4	Cashiers in Florida	3,090	24.73	1.24	$31,000
5	General and Operations Managers in Florida	3,020	24.18	1.07	$100,070
6	Office Clerks, General in Florida	2,560	20.45	1.29	$46,060
7	Cooks, Restaurant in Florida	2,400	19.18	2.11	$36,600
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Florida	2,310	18.45	1.01	$35,770
9	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Florida	2,010	16.05	2.30	$96,100
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florida	1,930	15.40	1.57	$45,320
11	Registered Nurses in Florida	1,900	15.23	0.70	$81,260
12	Customer Service Representatives in Florida	1,860	14.87	0.89	$39,240
13	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Florida	1,670	13.38	1.70	$47,340
14	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Florida	1,520	12.14	1.98	$37,220
15	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida	1,470	11.75	0.83	$35,030
16	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Florida	1,460	11.70	1.62	$47,920
17	Software Developers in Florida	1,380	11.01	1.01	$130,640
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Florida	1,300	10.38	0.95	$44,950
19	Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1,280	10.27	3.04	$31,200
20	Bartenders in Florida	1,100	8.78	1.80	$35,570

Most concentrated occupations in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Engineers, All Other	6.66	830	6.60	$132,650
2	Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	6.35	120	0.95	$47,890
3	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	5.63	170	1.34	$91,170
4	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	5.38	420	3.36	$116,500
5	Budget Analysts	4.99	190	1.51	$83,780
6	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	4.69	200	1.61	$54,410
7	Lodging Managers	4.44	150	1.22	$61,210
8	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	3.76	110	0.89	$75,370
9	Aerospace Engineers	3.57	190	1.55	$128,440
10	Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	3.04	1,280	10.27	$31,200

Occupation groups in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Computer and Mathematical	$103,500	$109,690	5,140	41.12	1.22
Management	$101,640	$121,560	8,480	67.79	0.95
Architecture and Engineering	$101,490	$107,710	3,920	31.32	1.86
Legal	$96,280	$111,400	710	5.67	0.68
Business and Financial Operations	$88,710	$93,880	9,150	73.18	1.08
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$87,320	$92,380	870	6.94	0.73
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$78,760	$97,820	6,670	53.35	0.84
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$56,400	$64,180	1,230	9.83	0.75
Protective Service	$51,840	$55,800	3,110	24.84	1.02
Community and Social Service	$51,500	$57,550	1,220	9.78	0.57
Educational Instruction and Library	$50,750	$50,280	5,910	47.25	0.81
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$50,130	$57,000	6,280	50.19	1.28
Construction and Extraction	$49,430	$56,760	5,540	44.29	1.07
Production	$47,810	$51,930	2,640	21.14	0.38
Office and Administrative Support	$45,270	$48,010	13,320	106.50	0.93
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,810	$44,790	7,440	59.53	0.68
Healthcare Support	$37,770	$42,100	3,290	26.29	0.52
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$36,380	$39,100	4,730	37.82	1.29
Sales and Related	$36,280	$46,130	14,460	115.64	1.34
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$35,360	$38,790	18,450	147.57	1.68
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$34,450	$36,310	50	0.42	0.15
Personal Care and Service	$33,540	$37,620	2,450	19.57	0.93

Every occupation in Florida, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 330 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL estimates (area 18880).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.