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Lawyer Salary in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida

The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage information of lawyers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Lawyers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$46,470
25th Percentile Wage
$59,340
50th Percentile Wage
$79,300
75th Percentile Wage
$149,240
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $149,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,300. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,470.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$79,300
-5.88% 6.05%
2013
$83,960
11.27% -
2012
$74,500
- -

Table 2. Compare Lawyer Salary in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach with Other Florida Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,300 in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is 37.3 percent (37.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford and 23.3 percent (23.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
$126,380
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall
$118,330
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater
$117,650
Jacksonville
$108,980
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach
$108,320
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
$106,000
Naples-Marco Island
$104,070
Gainesville
$103,860
Sebastian-Vero Beach
$100,780
Cape Coral-Fort Myers
$100,040
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin
$99,130
Punta Gorda
$98,660
Lakeland-Winter Haven
$97,840
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
$97,600
The Villages
$96,170
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach
$93,640
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
$90,810
Palm Coast
$88,250
Ocala
$87,480
South Florida nonmetropolitan area
$84,880
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota
$84,370
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach
$82,190
Sebring
$82,180
Homosassa Springs
$82,100
Tallahassee
$80,930
North Florida nonmetropolitan area
$80,930
Port St Lucie
$80,000
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach
$79,300
Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area
$65,050
Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area
$60,850