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Numbers of Legal Occupations in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2005 14,720
2006 11,160
2007 12,350
2008 11,630
2009 13,150
2010 13,600
2011 11,970
2012 12,640
2013 12,760
2014 12,570
2015 13,100
2016 13,550
2017 13,890
2018 14,200
2019 13,850

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2005 6,310
2006 6,640
2007 5,730
2008 5,640
2009 6,030
2010 7,060
2011 6,770
2012 6,700
2013 6,590
2014 6,450
2015 6,940
2016 6,820
2017 7,310
2018 7,690
2019 7,920

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 930
2011 0
2012 550
2013 630
2014 660
2015 750
2016 760

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2005 170
2007 360
2008 130
2009 430
2010 460
2012 180
2013 190
2014 180
2015 170
2016 170
2017 160
2018 160
2019 170

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 40
2010 40
2011 50
2012 40
2013 40
2014 50
2015 60
2016 40

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2005 540
2006 0
2007 0
2012 0
2013 170
2014 170
2015 180
2016 210
2017 220
2018 220
2019 200

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2005 3,180
2006 3,660
2007 4,820
2008 4,400
2009 4,800
2010 3,720
2011 3,700
2012 3,690
2013 3,680
2014 3,620
2015 3,650
2016 3,860
2017 4,410
2018 4,640
2019 4,420

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2005 830
2006 520
2007 1,040
2008 770
2009 1,270
2010 740
2011 640
2012 750
2013 740
2014 750
2015 520
2016 600
2017 590
2018 460
2019 0

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 3,690
2006 340
2007 400
2008 690
2009 580
2010 650
2011 810
2012 730
2013 720
2014 690
2015 830
2016 1,090
2017 1,200
2018 1,030
2019 1,140