State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Florida vs North Carolina
Lawyers in Florida earn a median of $133,180. In North Carolina, $127,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 4.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.3%
Florida vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-4.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Lawyers
- Median
- $133,180
- p25
- $99,720
- p75
- $196,100
- p10
- $75,530
- p90
- $301,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
North Carolina
Lawyers
- Median
- $127,710
- p25
- $82,220
- p75
- $210,130
- p10
- $61,610
- p90
- $323,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.