High paying teaching and library jobs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Every teaching and library 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 teaching and library 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

1Teachers and Instructors, All Other$78,850
Bachelor's degree
$47,920 – $106,330130
2Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$77,640
Master's degree
$54,450 – $91,58050
3Instructional Coordinators$75,300
Master's degree
$43,510 – $108,89090
4Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,430
Bachelor's degree
$50,780 – $78,680500
5Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,330
Bachelor's degree
$50,750 – $77,050970
6Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,290
Bachelor's degree
$50,870 – $75,880460
7Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$60,010
Bachelor's degree
$44,700 – $77,750130
8Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$59,820
Bachelor's degree
$51,030 – $76,180150
9Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$59,660
Bachelor's degree
$50,430 – $77,580120
10Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$51,500
Bachelor's degree
$39,070 – $131,04080
11Special Education Teachers, Preschool$51,040
Bachelor's degree
$51,040 – $76,24040
12Special Education Teachers, Middle School$50,520
Bachelor's degree
$50,520 – $61,22070
13Self-Enrichment Teachers$46,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,980 – $79,690130
14Library Technicians$38,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,040 – $50,72060
15Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$35,840
Associate's degree
$30,160 – $48,350360
16Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$35,810
Some college, no degree
$28,900 – $48,460720
17Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$31,200
Bachelor's degree
$31,200 – $34,5101,280

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	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$78,850	$47,920 – $106,330	130
2	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$77,640	$54,450 – $91,580	50
3	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$75,300	$43,510 – $108,890	90
4	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,430	$50,780 – $78,680	500
5	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$60,330	$50,750 – $77,050	970
6	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,290	$50,870 – $75,880	460
7	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,010	$44,700 – $77,750	130
8	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$59,820	$51,030 – $76,180	150
9	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$59,660	$50,430 – $77,580	120
10	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$51,500	$39,070 – $131,040	80
11	Special Education Teachers, PreschoolBachelor's degree	$51,040	$51,040 – $76,240	40
12	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$50,520	$50,520 – $61,220	70
13	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,590	$30,980 – $79,690	130
14	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,120	$27,040 – $50,720	60
15	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$35,840	$30,160 – $48,350	360
16	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$35,810	$28,900 – $48,460	720
17	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$31,200	$31,200 – $34,510	1,280

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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