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Paralegal Pay In Florida, From The BLS
Paralegal Salary In Florida
Where Paralegal Pay Sits In Florida
Annual pay in May 2025. Half of Florida's paralegals and legal assistants earned between $48,230 and $75,780.
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the solid band is the middle half. BLS
Paralegal Salary In Florida At A Glance
- Paralegals and legal assistants in Florida earned a median $61,000 in May 2025, $1,890 below the national median of $62,890, 29th highest of the 51 states and districts BLS reports.
- The Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area pays the highest median, $64,660, and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area employs the most paralegals, 17,820, at a median of $62,090.
- 3 of the 22 metro areas BLS reports in Florida pay above the state median, and 19 below it.
- The least expensive ABA-approved associate degree ranked in Florida, at Florida State College at Jacksonville, costs $2,657 a year in state, 4% of a year's median paralegal pay there.
Every wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release, for the occupation BLS calls Paralegals and Legal Assistants (SOC 23-2011), which counts the two job titles as one. The state figures are BLS's for Florida; the metro figures are the same release for each metropolitan area, named as the Census Bureau's 2023 delineation names it. They are what employers reported paying, so they include every paralegal, new or senior, and they are not adjusted for living costs. The national picture, with every state, is on the paralegal salary page.
Paralegal Salary By Metro Area In Florida
BLS reports a median for 22 metro areas in Florida. The Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area leads at $64,660, $3,660 above the state median, and the Gainesville, FL metro area is lowest at $47,840. The largest, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, employs 17,820 paralegals at a median of $62,090.
| Metro area | Median pay, a year | Against the state | Paralegals employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Naples-Marco Island, FL | $64,660 | +$3,660 | 520 |
| 2Jacksonville, FL | $62,480 | +$1,480 | 2,170 |
| 3Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $62,090 | +$1,090 | 17,820 |
| 4Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $60,700 | -$300 | 910 |
| 5Port St. Lucie, FL | $60,370 | -$630 | 490 |
| 6Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $60,150 | -$850 | 6,630 |
| 7North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $60,070 | -$930 | 990 |
| 8Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $59,470 | -$1,530 | 5,480 |
| 9Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $58,250 | -$2,750 | 610 |
| 10Wildwood-The Villages, FL | $57,740 | -$3,260 | 50 |
| 11Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $57,110 | -$3,890 | 510 |
| 12Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | $56,960 | -$4,040 | 190 |
| 13Tallahassee, FL | $56,660 | -$4,340 | 780 |
| 14Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $56,140 | -$4,860 | 810 |
| 15Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $55,960 | -$5,040 | 180 |
| 16Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | $51,340 | -$9,660 | 190 |
| 17Sebring, FL | $51,230 | -$9,770 | 60 |
| 18Ocala, FL | $50,900 | -$10,100 | 300 |
| 19Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $49,520 | -$11,480 | 630 |
| 20Homosassa Springs, FL | $48,940 | -$12,060 | 80 |
| 21Punta Gorda, FL | $48,910 | -$12,090 | 130 |
| 22Gainesville, FL | $47,840 | -$13,160 | 360 |
How Florida Compares With The Nation
At every point of the range, here is Florida beside the national figures. Florida's median is $1,890 below the national one; its highest-paid 10% start at $83,410, $18,090 below the national $101,500, and its lowest-paid 10% earn under $38,830, $5,910 below the national $44,740. The mean, which the best-paid pull up, is $63,250 in Florida and $69,700 nationally.
| Point in the range | Florida | United States | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $38,830 | $44,740 | -$5,910 |
| 25th percentile | $48,230 | $50,340 | -$2,110 |
| Median | $61,000 | $62,890 | -$1,890 |
| 75th percentile | $75,780 | $80,080 | -$4,300 |
| 90th percentile | $83,410 | $101,500 | -$18,090 |
What A Paralegal Program Costs In Florida
Florida ranks no paralegal certificate, so this section uses its ranked associate degrees. This site ranks 8 ABA-approved associate degrees in Florida. The least expensive, at Florida State College at Jacksonville, charges $2,657 a year in in-state tuition and fees, 4% of a year's median paralegal pay in the state, and the median across the 8 associate degrees is $2,834. Tuition is the federal figure for a full-time year; an associate degree can take more or less than a year. The ranking of the best paralegal programs in Florida scores each one on price, graduation rate and graduates.
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Sources For Florida Paralegal Pay
State and national wages are BLS's OEWS figures for SOC 23-2011. Metro wages are the same May 2025 release, read through the BLS Public Data API for each metropolitan statistical area, whose names and boundaries are the Census Bureau's July 2023 delineation. Program costs are IPEDS tuition and required fees for 2023-24.