SOC 23-2093 · Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers Salary in Crestview, FL

The average salary for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Crestview, Florida is $62,980 a year ($30.28 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $60,090: half of the 60 people in this job in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($62,350).

$62,980average per year

$30.28 / hourMedian $60,090Take-home ≈ $52,784

  • $48K10th
  • $52K25th
  • $60KMedian
  • $75K75th
  • $77K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

60people in this job
+1%vs U.S. average
#2 of 15Florida metros
97cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers pay range in Crestview

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $47,960 a year or less, while the top 10% make $77,290 or more. The middle half of title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Crestview earn between $52,010 and $74,810.

  • $48K10th
  • $52K25th
  • $60KMedian
  • $75K75th
  • $77K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$62,980$5,248$30.28
Median$60,090$5,008$28.89
Entry level (25th percentile)$52,010$4,334$25.00
Experienced (75th percentile)$74,810$6,234$35.97

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers pay in Crestview vs. Florida and the U.S.

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Crestview earn 4% more than the Florida average ($60,310) and about the same as the U.S. average ($62,350). At the median the gap is +2% against the U.S. median of $58,650.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Crestview$62,980$60,090$47,960$77,29060
Florida$60,310$58,450$40,190$79,2104,800
United States$62,350$58,650$38,170$90,83048,580

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers salary after taxes in Crestview

On the average salary of $62,980, a single filer in Crestview takes home about $52,784 a year, or $4,399 a month and $2,030 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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Is Crestview a good place for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Crestview area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.0), so the average $62,980 buys what about $64,907 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Crestview ($47,510). A typical home costs $441,042, or 7.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers salary in other Florida cities

Crestview ranks 2nd of 15 Florida metro areas for this job; Naples pays the most ($64,760).

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Highest-paying cities for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

Midland, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($95,920).

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers salary by city

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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers salary in Crestview: questions

How much do title examiners, abstractors, and searchers make an hour in Crestview?

$30.28 an hour on average, and $28.89 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level title examiners, abstractors, and searchers salary in Crestview?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $47,960 a year and the 25th percentile is $52,010, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the title examiners, abstractors, and searchers take-home pay in Crestview?

About $52,784 a year ($4,399 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $62,980. Florida has no state income tax.

Do title examiners, abstractors, and searchers earn more in Crestview than elsewhere?

The average here is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($62,350).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 23-2093; area Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL (18880). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 4.0%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 1.43, this job is 1.4 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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