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Florida State University
Public school
Tallahassee, FL

Graduate salaries for Florida State University

Total 2018 graduates: 197

  • 30.5% of this school's 2018 graduates were employed and reported a salary.
  • We know that at least 15.2% of this school's 2018 graduates made $62,000 or more.

Median salary: $54,005

This is the most recent median salary for graduates who borrowed, reported in 2020 about graduates from 2016 and 2017. This average is derived from actual tax returns in the year following graduation and mapped to J.D. programs by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of the Treasury. Learn more.

Additionally, the majority of law schools voluntarily publish salary information about graduates based upon student/graduate surveys, investigation, and public information. This salary information is on this page.

Salary distribution for 2018 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Employed - salary reported6030.5%$49,000$62,000$77,250$66,196
Employed - No salary reported11357.4%
Non-employed2412.2%
Total graduates197100%

Salary distribution by job sector for 2018 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Private sector - salary reported3216.2%$62,500$71,000$82,000$74,516
Private sector - no salary reported6834.5%
Public sector - salary reported28 14.2% $45,409$54,450$62,000 $56,688
Public sector - no salary reported4522.8%
Unknown sector00%
Non-employed2412.2%
Total graduates197100%

When a row has no salary data, indicated by a "-" (hyphen), it either means that no graduates reported a salary for the category or that fewer than five graduates reported a salary for the category.

Salaries by job type for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Bar passage required 1505728.9% $48,000$62,000$74,445$65,303
J.D. advantage 20-0 ----
Professional 2-0 ----
Non-professional 0-0 ----
Employed 1736030.5% $49,000$62,000$77,250$66,196
Non-employed 24
Total Graduates 197

Salaries by employer type and job type for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm 82 24 12.2% $57,500 $69,750 $84,500 $74,250
Law firm: Bar passage required 79 24 12.2% $57,500 $69,750 $84,500 $74,250
Law firm: Other 300%
Business & industry 18 8 4.1% $69,000 $74,750 $80,000 $75,313
Business & industry: Bar passage required 10 6 3% $68,000 $75,000 $80,000 $75,500
Business & industry: Other 821%
Government 58 12 6.1% $42,000 $46,934 $62,000 $52,563
Government: Bar passage required 39 12 6.1% $42,000 $46,934 $62,000 $52,563
Government: Other 1900%
Public interest 3 10 5.1% $46,000 $54,000 $60,000 $60,324
Public interest: Bar passage required 13 9 4.6% $46,000 $50,000 $58,000 $55,916
Clerkship 11 6 3% $61,000 $61,218 $62,000 $58,876
Federal 7 5 2.5% $61,218 $61,218 $62,000 $61,487
State 4 0 - - - -
Education 1 - - - - - -
Employed 1736030.5% $49,000$62,000$77,250$66,196
Non-employed 24
Total graduates 197

Law firm salaries by size for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm size 82 24 12.2% $57,500$69,750$84,500$74,250
Solo 0
2-10 attorneys 34 6 3% $41,000 $50,000 $63,000 $50,833
11-25 attorneys 16 - 0 - - - -
26-50 attorneys 9 6 3% $60,000 $64,750 $80,000 $69,083
51-100 attorneys 8 5 2.5% $65,000 $72,000 $85,000 $77,400
101-250 attorneys 6 - 0 - - - -
251-500 attorneys 5 - 0 - - - -
501+ attorneys 4 - 0 - - - -
Size unknown 0
Employed, non-law firm 91 36 18.3%
Non-employed 24
Total graduates 197

Salaries by state for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Florida - 47 23.9% $46,000 $62,000 $72,500 $64,685
Outside of Florida
or unknown
- 13 6.6% $61,218 $70,000 $80,000 $71,658
Employed 1736030.5% $49,000$62,000$77,250$66,196
Non-employed 24
Total graduates 197
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