Numbers of Legal Occupations in Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	18,190
2006	17,550
2007	18,630
2008	18,110
2009	17,510
2010	16,810
2011	16,360
2012	16,620
2013	17,180
2014	18,430
2015	19,170
2016	18,780
2017	18,150

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	9,400
2006	10,070
2007	9,830
2008	8,780
2009	8,800
2010	9,370
2011	9,280
2012	9,710
2013	9,820
2014	10,080
2015	10,590
2016	11,060
2017	11,630

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	280
2011	210
2015	120
2016	130
2017	80

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	90
2006	110
2007	110
2008	100
2009	100
2010	160
2011	160
2012	140
2013	140
2014	140
2015	140
2016	160
2017	150

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	70
2006	70
2007	60
2008	150
2009	160
2011	90
2012	80
2013	50
2014	60
2015	70
2016	50
2017	60

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	240
2006	290
2007	220
2008	230
2009	280
2010	230
2011	260
2012	210
2013	210
2014	190
2015	350
2016	390
2017	410

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	5,360
2006	4,530
2007	5,250
2008	5,050
2009	4,180
2010	4,200
2011	3,970
2012	4,680
2013	5,270
2014	5,760
2015	5,700
2016	4,630
2017	5,040

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	1,830
2006	2,050
2007	2,600
2008	3,250
2009	3,430
2010	2,570
2011	1,900
2012	1,300
2013	1,260
2014	1,740
2015	1,740
2016	1,910

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	1,200
2006	430
2007	560
2008	550
2009	560
2010	0
2011	490
2012	500
2013	430
2014	460
2015	460
2016	450
2017	780