How much do Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers make in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL?

Percentile spread

For Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers, the published 10th percentile is $37,600 and the 90th percentile is $75,070. The difference is $37,470, which is 76.8% 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 $40,350 to the 75th at $61,810, covers $21,460.

The mean annual wage is $52,650, which sits above the median of $48,810. 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 $61,010 for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,304, which is 17.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.9% lower than the Florida median of $56,670.

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 $48,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers at $50,304 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers. Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL ranks 4th of 16 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 $58,030 and employment of 950. That median is 18.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,386, against $50,304 here.
• Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL is 48 miles away, with a median of $51,600 and employment of 450. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,034, against $50,304 here.
• Dothan, AL is 69 miles away, with a median of $46,210 and employment of 250. That median is 5.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,121, against $50,304 here.

Employment share

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers accounts for 0.46% of wage-and-salary employment in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL (570 of 125,050). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (409,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.73 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.