Numbers of Legal Occupations in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	19,350
2006	19,270
2007	18,170
2008	17,830
2009	18,530
2010	17,500
2011	17,880
2012	19,220
2013	20,190
2014	21,620
2015	23,050
2016	23,160
2017	19,950
2018	20,230
2019	14,570

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	10,890
2006	11,060
2007	9,600
2008	9,440
2009	9,550
2010	9,070
2011	9,960
2012	10,910
2013	12,330
2014	12,670
2015	12,650
2016	12,750
2017	12,450
2018	12,670
2019	13,110

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	290
2011	250
2012	40
2013	40
2014	40
2015	30
2016	40
2017	60
2018	0

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	160
2006	160
2007	170
2008	150
2009	150
2010	250
2011	240
2012	260
2013	270
2014	270
2015	360
2016	390
2017	400
2018	300
2019	290

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	50
2009	60
2010	70
2011	70
2012	80
2013	90
2014	100
2015	150
2016	150
2017	150
2018	180
2019	170

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	400
2006	500
2007	340
2008	320
2009	450
2010	390
2011	390
2012	410
2013	400
2014	400
2015	410
2016	420
2017	460
2018	470
2019	530

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	5,630
2006	5,200
2007	5,670
2008	5,960
2009	5,980
2010	5,720
2011	5,150
2012	5,630
2013	4,760
2014	5,120
2015	5,750
2016	5,810
2017	5,920
2018	6,160
2019	0

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	2,220
2006	2,350
2007	2,120
2008	1,960
2009	2,000
2010	1,130
2011	1,170
2012	1,160
2013	1,880
2014	2,470
2015	3,160
2016	2,950
2019	0

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	0
2007	270
2008	0
2009	340
2010	580
2011	650
2012	730
2013	420
2014	550
2015	540
2016	650
2017	510
2018	450
2019	470