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

Every production 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 production 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 Production and Operating Workers$68,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,220 – $110,050270
2Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$64,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,320 – $104,99090
3Machinists$59,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,400 – $81,060170
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$56,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $80,780300
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$51,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,800 – $73,370150
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,400 – $67,110120
7Production Workers, All Other$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,760 – $63,69070
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $63,48060
9Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $58,020120
10Butchers and Meat Cutters$45,930
No formal educational credential
$34,060 – $52,540170
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,330 – $58,770160
12Printing Press Operators$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,340 – $61,60040
13Bakers$35,220
No formal educational credential
$29,900 – $46,760170
14Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,430
No formal educational credential
$29,150 – $40,470160

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 Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,270	$42,220 – $110,050	270
2	Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems AssemblersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,600	$51,320 – $104,990	90
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,630	$43,400 – $81,060	170
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,160	$34,850 – $80,780	300
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,030	$42,800 – $73,370	150
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,710	$43,400 – $67,110	120
7	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$33,760 – $63,690	70
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,020	$35,780 – $63,480	60
9	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,920	$38,230 – $58,020	120
10	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$45,930	$34,060 – $52,540	170
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$31,330 – $58,770	160
12	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$29,340 – $61,600	40
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,220	$29,900 – $46,760	170
14	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,430	$29,150 – $40,470	160

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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