High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Every repair and maintenance 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 repair and maintenance 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

1Avionics Technicians$80,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$61,760 – $102,94070
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$79,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,790 – $102,260160
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$77,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,120 – $88,480140
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$77,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,770 – $110,140670
5Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$75,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,250 – $92,850280
6Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other$75,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,740 – $88,48040
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$71,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,260 – $87,900120
8Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,590 – $79,85090
9Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,280 – $91,500190
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$57,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,390 – $79,85090
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$51,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,200 – $75,390110
12Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$50,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $73,28090
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,920 – $95,980130
14Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$48,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,600 – $75,070570
15Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$48,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $83,66050
16Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $75,200120
17Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,130 – $79,850740
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$46,990
Some college, no degree
$38,650 – $62,07040
19Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,080 – $68,3301,930
20Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$44,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,680 – $64,790230
21Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,290 – $49,49060
22Tire Repairers and Changers$33,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,840 – $45,760100

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	Avionics TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,710	$61,760 – $102,940	70
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,850	$51,790 – $102,260	160
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,800	$49,120 – $88,480	140
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,680	$45,770 – $110,140	670
5	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,380	$50,250 – $92,850	280
6	Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,030	$58,740 – $88,480	40
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,960	$46,260 – $87,900	120
8	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,710	$38,590 – $79,850	90
9	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,040	$44,280 – $91,500	190
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,820	$44,390 – $79,850	90
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,130	$43,200 – $75,390	110
12	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,170	$36,400 – $73,280	90
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,240	$36,920 – $95,980	130
14	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,810	$37,600 – $75,070	570
15	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,610	$36,820 – $83,660	50
16	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$33,280 – $75,200	120
17	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,760	$29,130 – $79,850	740
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$46,990	$38,650 – $62,070	40
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,320	$34,080 – $68,330	1,930
20	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,650	$35,680 – $64,790	230
21	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,560	$33,290 – $49,490	60
22	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,850	$29,840 – $45,760	100

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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