Numbers of Legal Occupations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	37,340
2006	40,970
2007	38,290
2008	39,540
2009	36,490
2010	37,110
2011	37,810
2012	38,970
2013	39,360
2014	38,170
2015	38,150
2016	36,990
2017	39,110
2018	41,640
2019	43,560

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	25,820
2006	29,520
2007	29,100
2008	27,800
2009	26,560
2010	25,960
2011	25,790
2012	25,440
2013	25,370
2014	25,300
2015	25,790
2016	25,670
2017	25,730
2018	26,860
2019	27,790

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	1,390
2011	1,170
2012	570
2013	440
2014	0
2015	280
2016	120
2018	270
2019	270

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	250
2006	380
2010	0
2011	0
2012	350
2013	270
2014	270
2015	280
2016	290
2017	320
2018	320
2019	340

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	70
2006	130
2007	130
2008	160
2009	110
2010	100
2011	140
2012	170
2013	200
2014	150
2015	160
2016	190
2017	350
2018	250
2019	220

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	750
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	770
2011	770
2017	760
2018	780
2019	770

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	6,740
2006	8,130
2007	9,060
2008	9,580
2009	9,150
2010	8,210
2011	9,020
2012	10,450
2013	11,090
2014	10,810
2015	9,870
2016	9,080
2017	10,480
2018	11,680
2019	12,180

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	1,310
2006	1,510
2007	0
2008	980
2009	670
2010	680
2011	920
2012	980
2013	890
2014	780
2015	1,050
2016	1,090
2017	860
2018	880
2019	1,390

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	2,400
2006	1,300
2007	0
2008	1,020
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	1,010
2013	1,100
2014	860
2015	720
2016	550
2017	610
2018	600
2019	600