Numbers of Legal Occupations in Kentucky

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	9,830
2006	9,140
2007	8,840
2008	9,000
2009	8,880
2010	10,350
2011	10,280
2012	9,820
2013	9,410
2014	9,450
2015	9,600
2016	9,520
2017	9,720
2018	10,140
2019	10,480

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	4,730
2006	4,710
2007	4,600
2008	4,560
2009	4,810
2010	5,280
2011	5,400
2012	5,300
2013	4,970
2014	5,090
2015	5,330
2016	5,350
2017	5,540
2018	5,740
2019	6,030

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	240
2011	150
2012	110
2013	110
2014	110
2016	50
2017	60
2018	60

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2010	590
2011	440
2012	410
2013	370
2014	350
2015	420
2016	380
2017	390
2018	340
2019	330

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2004	40
2006	30
2012	40
2017	100
2018	100
2019	90

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2009	330
2010	360
2011	360
2012	340
2013	310
2014	310
2015	320
2016	290
2017	300
2018	320
2019	300

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	3,440
2005	4,240
2006	3,560
2007	3,490
2008	3,650
2009	3,450
2010	3,170
2011	3,240
2012	2,980
2013	2,980
2014	3,070
2015	3,150
2016	3,020
2017	2,770
2018	2,940
2019	3,120

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	330
2005	200
2006	240
2007	230
2008	200
2009	290
2010	260
2011	280
2012	310
2013	330
2014	300
2015	170
2016	220
2017	280
2018	360
2019	320

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	1,290
2006	600
2007	520
2008	590
2009	0
2010	450
2011	410
2012	330
2013	340
2014	220
2015	210
2016	210
2017	280
2018	280
2019	290