S T SalaryCompareTool

Civil Engineers salary in Crestview, FL

Median pay for civil engineers in Crestview, FL: $94,090/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $59,870 – $161,700 · about 330 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($88,630) by +$5,460 (+6%).

What it's really worth in Crestview

With Crestview's cost of living at 98 (US=100), that $94,090 has the buying power of about $95,662 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $74,279 · median home $441,042 · median rent $1,997/mo.

Full Crestview cost of living & taxes →

How Crestview ranks for this job

On raw pay, Crestview, FL is 64th of the 187 metros we hold civil engineers wages for. Once Crestview's cost of living is applied, it ranks 53rd.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Crestview sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Crestview

A median home in Crestview, FL costs $441,042 — about 4.7× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,997/mo works out at 25% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where civil engineers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Crestview.

MetroMedian payvs CrestviewRent vs Crestview
Sacramento, CA $125,760 +34% 1.1×
San Francisco, CA $122,670 +30% 1.6×
San Jose, CA $119,430 +27% 1.8×
Baton Rouge, LA $110,110 +17% 0.7×

Same job elsewhere in FL

MetroMedian payvs CrestviewRent vs Crestview
Gainesville, FL $102,040 +8% 0.8×
Jacksonville, FL $98,450 +5% 0.9×
Tampa, FL $97,980 +4%
North Port, FL $97,800 +4% 1.1×

Staying in FL keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Other jobs in Crestview

Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 187 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.