Pay packages are declining for legal department leaders in the U.S., according to data recently released from ALM’s 2018 GC Compensation Survey. But the pay for top in-house lawyers in South Florida seemingly is bucking that national trend.

A quick word on methodology: Daily Business Review affiliate ALM Legal Intelligence sifted through 2017 proxy filings from the Fortune 1000 to determine pay for companies’ top legal officers, and others from publicly traded companies were added when companies listed their GCs as top executives.