Legal Services Industry in Tallahassee

Private legal services (NAICS 5411) employed an annual average of 2,583 people at 365 establishments in Leon County in 2025, up 178 jobs or 7.4 percent from 2024, according to the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (BLS QCEW Leon County 2025).

In the Leon County legal line, offices of lawyers account for 2,281 of the 2,583 jobs and added 122 jobs over the year (QCEW). Title abstract and settlement offices were the fastest growing piece, with 55 more jobs than in 2024, a 44.7 percent rise on a small base (QCEW).

The Leon County counts cover payroll jobs only. BLS says QCEW tabulates workers covered by state unemployment insurance laws and leaves out proprietors and the unincorporated self-employed, so those groups are not in the Leon County counts (BLS QCEW overview).

Leon County offices of lawyers paid an average of $153,653 a year in 2025, while the average across all Leon County jobs and ownerships was $64,931 (BLS QCEW).

The average weekly wage in Leon County offices of lawyers was $2,955 in 2025, against $1,249 for all jobs in the county (QCEW weekly wage columns). The wider legal services line, which adds title offices and other legal services, averaged $144,550 a year (QCEW).

Public legal offices show lower averages in the same Leon County file. The state government legal counsel and prosecution line, NAICS 922130, averaged $68,447 a year, and state courts averaged $68,789 (QCEW state government rows). BLS says QCEW covered employees include all executives, all supervisory personnel, all professionals, all clerical workers and all part-time workers, and the counts are tabulated by industry, not occupation (BLS QCEW overview).

QCEW counts 1,082 state government jobs in legal counsel and prosecution offices in Leon County in 2025, plus 691 in state courts, 129 in local government courts and 105 in federal courts (BLS QCEW Leon County).

The state legal counsel and prosecution line in Leon County carries a location quotient of 15.88 and grew by 34 jobs from 2024, while state courts added 20 jobs (QCEW). QCEW does not name the agencies behind these rows, so the file shows how many public legal jobs sit in the county, not which offices hold them.

Tallahassee holds the Florida Supreme Court at 500 South Duval Street, the First District Court of Appeal on Drayton Drive, and the Second Judicial Circuit at 301 South Monroe Street (Florida Supreme Court; First DCA; Second Judicial Circuit).

The Florida Supreme Court lists its main number as (850) 488-0125 (Florida Supreme Court). The First District Court of Appeal says its first headquarters was the Independent Life Building on Jefferson Street, that it moved into the Supreme Court Building in 1958, to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in 1981 and to its present headquarters on Drayton Drive in 2010 (First DCA history). The court periodically hears oral arguments in the different counties of its district (First DCA).

The Second Judicial Circuit lists its phone as 850-606-4401 (Second Judicial Circuit). Its home page notes that county court jurisdiction rose to $30,000 on January 1, 2020, and to $50,000 on January 1, 2023, and that small claims cases from January 1, 2020, include cases up to $8,000 (Second Circuit court notice). The notice is written about changes taking effect January 1, 2020.

The Florida Bar, the organization of all lawyers licensed by the Supreme Court of Florida to practice law in the state, lists its address as 651 E Jefferson St, Tallahassee, FL 32399, phone 850-561-5600 (The Florida Bar, About).

The Bar says it serves more than 116,000 members (The Florida Bar). The Bar's about page gives no count of members by county or city. The executive director's office in Tallahassee is listed at 850-561-3127 (The Florida Bar).

The Leon County payroll figures above count jobs in law offices, not licensed lawyers (BLS QCEW).

The Florida State University College of Law is on West Jefferson Street in Tallahassee, and its dean's office answers at (850) 644-3400 (FSU College of Law).

FSU lists the law school address as 425 W. Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1601, and the J.D. admissions office at (850) 644-3787 (FSU College of Law).

The FSU law school also runs a master's program for non-lawyers, with its own J.M. admissions office at (850) 644-7591 (FSU College of Law). Florida A&M University, by contrast, lists its College of Law among its satellite campuses in Orlando, not on the main Tallahassee campus (FAMU About).

Court records in Tallahassee come from the Leon County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, which lists an office in the County Courthouse on Monroe Street open weekdays (Leon County Clerk).

The clerk lists its hours as Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, at the County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, #100 (Leon County Clerk).

The clerk also lists a Northeast Branch at 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., Room #101, and an office in the Government Annex Building, 315 Calhoun Street, 7th Floor (Leon County Clerk). The clerk's announcements include one dated October 8, 2026, titled Florida's Second Judicial Circuit Free Legal Clinic (Leon County Clerk announcements).

The Second Judicial Circuit's site lists a Conflict Attorney Directory, a Qualified Roster of Arbitrators for the 2nd Circuit and a Process Server Review Board, and its Pro-Bono Committee is listed among its committees (Second Judicial Circuit).

Last verified: October 18, 2026, against the Leon County 2025 QCEW legal and courts rows, the Florida Bar, Supreme Court, First DCA and Second Circuit sites, and the Leon County Clerk's hours.