TradeSalary

Plumber salary in Crestview, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Plumbers in the Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin, FL area earn a median of $52,020 a year, or $25.01 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,920 a year. Across all of Florida, the median is $52,910, so Crestview pays 2% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$52,020
Bottom 10% under$43,730Top 10% over$74,920
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$21.03/hr
Jobs in this area
370
After cost of living
$53,610
Median hourly pay
$25.01/hr
vs U.S. median
−18%
vs Florida median
−2%
Mean (average) pay
$57,600 a year · $27.69 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 18880, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL). Excludes self-employed plumbers. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What plumbers in Crestview, FL earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$21.03$43,730
25th percentile$23.27$48,400
Median (50th)$25.01$52,020
75th percentile$29.93$62,260
90th percentile$36.02$74,920

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Crestview, FL compares

  • Crestview ranks 9th of 22 Florida metro areas for plumber pay.
  • Plumbers hold about the same share of jobs in the Crestview area as nationally: 3.0 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Florida metro areas

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Questions

Do plumbers make more in Crestview or Jacksonville?
Jacksonville pays more: the median is $52,020 in Crestview and $58,920 in Jacksonville, a 12% difference.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2152 (Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters), area code 18880 (Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed plumbers and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (97.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures