The annual salary statistics of firefighters in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of firefighters in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $30,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,820 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $41,510 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,680 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,750 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $41,510. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,300.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of firefighters from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $41,510 | 2.84% | -0.31% |
| 2021 | $40,330 | 0.30% | - |
| 2020 | $40,210 | -2.34% | - |
| 2019 | $41,150 | 10.77% | - |
| 2018 | $36,720 | -5.56% | - |
| 2017 | $38,760 | -1.63% | - |
| 2016 | $39,390 | -4.80% | - |
| 2015 | $41,280 | 7.36% | - |
| 2014 | $38,240 | -0.47% | - |
| 2013 | $38,420 | -8.38% | - |
| 2012 | $41,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $41,510 in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin is in the middle of salary range for firefighters in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of firefighters in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin is 39.1 percent (39.1%) lower than that in the highest paying West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach and 39.6 percent (39.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.