High paying construction jobs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single construction job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL salary is worth about 1.03× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$74,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,520 – $106,490970
2Construction and Building Inspectors$71,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $96,100230
3Brickmasons and Blockmasons$58,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,640 – $66,95050
4Electricians$57,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,550 – $83,060550
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$52,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,730 – $74,920370
6Sheet Metal Workers$49,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $79,850110
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$49,120
No formal educational credential
$38,710 – $69,220200
8Carpenters$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,870 – $64,590370
9Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,660 – $71,430390
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,920
No formal educational credential
$38,280 – $58,890230
11Tile and Stone Setters$47,120
No formal educational credential
$27,830 – $61,25060
12Roofers$47,110
No formal educational credential
$34,110 – $63,460160
13Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$46,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,190 – $56,88040
14Construction Laborers$45,180
No formal educational credential
$36,380 – $59,9901,000
15Helpers--Electricians$39,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,870 – $49,060110
16Highway Maintenance Workers$38,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $45,19060

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianCrestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,560	$47,520 – $106,490	970
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,230	$39,480 – $96,100	230
3	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,180	$37,640 – $66,950	50
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,200	$38,550 – $83,060	550
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,020	$43,730 – $74,920	370
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,680	$35,730 – $79,850	110
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$49,120	$38,710 – $69,220	200
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$36,870 – $64,590	370
9	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,640	$39,660 – $71,430	390
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,920	$38,280 – $58,890	230
11	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$47,120	$27,830 – $61,250	60
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,110	$34,110 – $63,460	160
13	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,400	$38,190 – $56,880	40
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$45,180	$36,380 – $59,990	1,000
15	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,470	$36,870 – $49,060	110
16	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,880	$34,480 – $45,190	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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