High paying engineering and architecture jobs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Every engineering and architecture 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 engineering and architecture 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

1Engineers, All Other$132,650
Bachelor's degree
$82,020 – $175,410830
2Aerospace Engineers$128,440
Bachelor's degree
$80,930 – $176,410190
3Computer Hardware Engineers$128,060
Bachelor's degree
$77,260 – $190,420120
4Electrical Engineers$123,560
Bachelor's degree
$76,670 – $166,700160
5Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$116,500
Bachelor's degree
$73,920 – $163,140420
6Mechanical Engineers$106,560
Bachelor's degree
$70,330 – $162,520250
7Civil Engineers$101,820
Bachelor's degree
$65,070 – $169,640590
8Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$100,420
Bachelor's degree
$57,990 – $160,90090
9Industrial Engineers$98,910
Bachelor's degree
$64,880 – $134,970180
10Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$88,050
Associate's degree
$58,430 – $133,270140
11Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$85,160
Associate's degree
$59,790 – $108,280210
12Architectural and Civil Drafters$62,780
Associate's degree
$40,630 – $96,220130
13Surveyors$61,960
Bachelor's degree
$46,350 – $108,30080
14Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$61,740
Associate's degree
$41,350 – $98,540120
15Surveying and Mapping Technicians$50,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $78,15090

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	Engineers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$132,650	$82,020 – $175,410	830
2	Aerospace EngineersBachelor's degree	$128,440	$80,930 – $176,410	190
3	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$128,060	$77,260 – $190,420	120
4	Electrical EngineersBachelor's degree	$123,560	$76,670 – $166,700	160
5	Electronics Engineers, Except ComputerBachelor's degree	$116,500	$73,920 – $163,140	420
6	Mechanical EngineersBachelor's degree	$106,560	$70,330 – $162,520	250
7	Civil EngineersBachelor's degree	$101,820	$65,070 – $169,640	590
8	Architects, Except Landscape and NavalBachelor's degree	$100,420	$57,990 – $160,900	90
9	Industrial EngineersBachelor's degree	$98,910	$64,880 – $134,970	180
10	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All OtherAssociate's degree	$88,050	$58,430 – $133,270	140
11	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$85,160	$59,790 – $108,280	210
12	Architectural and Civil DraftersAssociate's degree	$62,780	$40,630 – $96,220	130
13	SurveyorsBachelor's degree	$61,960	$46,350 – $108,300	80
14	Civil Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$61,740	$41,350 – $98,540	120
15	Surveying and Mapping TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,030	$38,370 – $78,150	90

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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