How much do Correctional Officers and Jailers make in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL?

Percentile spread

For Correctional Officers and Jailers, the published 10th percentile is $45,760 and the 90th percentile is $51,000. The difference is $5,240, which is 11.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,650 to the 75th at $48,970, covers $2,320.

The mean annual wage is $48,570, which sits above the median of $47,130. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL median is 20% lower than the national median of $58,940 for Correctional Officers and Jailers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,572, which is 17.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.2% lower than the Florida median of $49,710.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL is 97.031, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,130 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Correctional Officers and Jailers at $48,572 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Correctional Officers and Jailers. Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL ranks 9th of 15 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL is 48 miles away, with a median of $48,030 and employment of 1,260. That median is 1.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,152, against $48,572 here.
• Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL is 48 miles away, with a median of $47,130 and employment of 410. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,440, against $48,572 here.
• Dothan, AL is 69 miles away, with a median of $45,900 and employment of 100. That median is 2.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,752, against $48,572 here.

Employment share

Correctional Officers and Jailers accounts for 0.44% of wage-and-salary employment in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL (550 of 125,050). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (380,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.80 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.