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Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary in Florida

SOC 23-2011 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$61,000
per year in Florida
Middle half
$48,230–$75,780
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
40,950
in Florida
Concentration
1.63×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Florida
$61,000
published median
United States
$62,890
3.0% below the national median
Rank among states and DC
29th
51 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $61,000 median has purchasing power comparable to about $58,986 nationally. Florida's BEA regional price parity is 103.4 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Florida.

$38,830$83,410

Getting in

Typical education to enter
Associate's degree
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
None

Narrow to a metro in Florida

Every linked area below has a published estimate for paralegals and legal assistants. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Naples-Marco Island, FL$64,660103.25201.17×
2Jacksonville, FL$62,48099.52,1701.12×
3Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$62,090114.217,8202.50×
4Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$60,700102.39101.18×
5Port St. Lucie, FL$60,370100.24901.13×
6Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$60,150100.96,6301.81×
7North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$60,070102.49901.16×
8Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$59,470101.45,4801.54×
9Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$58,250100.06100.98×
10Wildwood-The Villages, FL$57,74085.4500.50×
11Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$57,11099.45100.92×
12Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$56,96098.31901.32×
13Tallahassee, FL$56,66093.97801.65×
14Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$56,14097.78101.67×
15Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$55,96097.01800.58×
16Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$51,34097.31900.84×
17Sebring, FL$51,23092.5600.86×
18Ocala, FL$50,90095.23000.97×
19Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$49,52097.16300.94×
20Homosassa Springs, FL$48,94093.5800.86×
21Punta Gorda, FL$48,910100.51300.87×
22Gainesville, FL$47,84096.73600.93×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where paralegals and legal assistants wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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