High paying tech and IT jobs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Every tech and IT 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 tech and IT 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

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,140
Bachelor's degree
$93,060 – $248,850230
2Software Developers$130,640
Bachelor's degree
$79,680 – $175,8401,380
3Computer Hardware Engineers$128,060
Bachelor's degree
$77,260 – $190,420120
4Computer Network Architects$127,490
Bachelor's degree
$91,630 – $164,480110
5Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$124,040
Bachelor's degree
$76,510 – $159,290210
6Operations Research Analysts$115,920
Bachelor's degree
$49,940 – $150,010240
7Information Security Analysts$108,420
Bachelor's degree
$57,680 – $166,790400
8Database Administrators$107,620
Bachelor's degree
$69,050 – $162,55040
9Computer Occupations, All Other$103,130
Bachelor's degree
$61,430 – $136,990570
10Network and Computer Systems Administrators$101,220
Bachelor's degree
$65,430 – $135,520550
11Computer Programmers$100,650
Bachelor's degree
$60,530 – $160,92060
12Computer Systems Analysts$98,410
Bachelor's degree
$68,120 – $141,230400
13Data Scientists$83,340
Bachelor's degree
$68,020 – $154,690160
14Computer Network Support Specialists$81,780
Associate's degree
$61,410 – $127,440250
15Computer User Support Specialists$60,810
Some college, no degree
$43,430 – $99,720460

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	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$161,140	$93,060 – $248,850	230
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$130,640	$79,680 – $175,840	1,380
3	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$128,060	$77,260 – $190,420	120
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$127,490	$91,630 – $164,480	110
5	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$124,040	$76,510 – $159,290	210
6	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$115,920	$49,940 – $150,010	240
7	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$108,420	$57,680 – $166,790	400
8	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$107,620	$69,050 – $162,550	40
9	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$103,130	$61,430 – $136,990	570
10	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$101,220	$65,430 – $135,520	550
11	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$100,650	$60,530 – $160,920	60
12	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$98,410	$68,120 – $141,230	400
13	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$83,340	$68,020 – $154,690	160
14	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$81,780	$61,410 – $127,440	250
15	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$60,810	$43,430 – $99,720	460

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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