SOC 49-9069 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other make in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL is $75,030. The 10th percentile is $58,740 and the 90th percentile is $88,480. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$75,030

10th percentile
$58,740
25th percentile
$71,840
Median
$75,030
75th percentile
$85,040
90th percentile
$88,480
Mean
$76,180

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $58,740 and the 90th percentile is $88,480. The difference is $29,740, which is 39.6% 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 $71,840 to the 75th at $85,040, covers $13,200.

The mean annual wage is $76,180, which sits above the median of $75,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL median is 8.8% higher than the national median of $68,990 for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,326, which is 12.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 26.5% higher than the Florida median of $59,310.

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 $75,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other at $77,326 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other. Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL ranks 1st of 2 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).).

  • Birmingham, AL is 200 miles away, with a median of $48,920. That median is 34.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,380, against $77,326 here.

Employment share

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL (40 of 125,050). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,400 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.29 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL · Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other make in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL is $75,030. The 10th percentile is $58,740 and the 90th percentile is $88,480. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other?

The local median is 8.8% higher than the national median of $68,990.

What is Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other pay in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL is 97.031, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,030 is $77,326. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL compare with nearby metros for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other?

Birmingham, AL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 200 miles away, at $48,920. Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.