High paying creative and media jobs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Every creative and media 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 creative and media 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

1Technical Writers$95,690
Bachelor's degree
$69,110 – $101,05090
2Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other$83,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$73,920 – $112,26040
3Interior Designers$67,230
Bachelor's degree
$30,180 – $93,320100
4Graphic Designers$65,560
Bachelor's degree
$39,170 – $103,300110
5Public Relations Specialists$62,750
Bachelor's degree
$34,260 – $104,930190
6Coaches and Scouts$48,900
Bachelor's degree
$29,000 – $82,940150
7Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$44,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,090 – $62,790140
8Interpreters and Translators$44,180
Bachelor's degree
$39,240 – $57,67080
9Photographers$35,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,520 – $65,94050
10Floral Designers$34,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,260 – $48,38050

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	Technical WritersBachelor's degree	$95,690	$69,110 – $101,050	90
2	Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,780	$73,920 – $112,260	40
3	Interior DesignersBachelor's degree	$67,230	$30,180 – $93,320	100
4	Graphic DesignersBachelor's degree	$65,560	$39,170 – $103,300	110
5	Public Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,750	$34,260 – $104,930	190
6	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$48,900	$29,000 – $82,940	150
7	Merchandise Displayers and Window TrimmersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,290	$33,090 – $62,790	140
8	Interpreters and TranslatorsBachelor's degree	$44,180	$39,240 – $57,670	80
9	PhotographersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,410	$31,520 – $65,940	50
10	Floral DesignersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,790	$30,260 – $48,380	50

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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