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Numbers of Legal Occupations in Maryland

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2004 22,170
2005 21,600
2006 18,250
2007 19,590
2008 19,190
2009 21,400
2010 21,760
2011 19,840
2012 19,360
2013 21,180
2014 21,170
2015 21,690
2016 22,720
2017 23,010
2018 23,260
2019 23,490

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2004 10,950
2005 10,310
2006 10,860
2007 9,930
2008 9,740
2009 10,420
2010 11,360
2011 10,980
2012 11,200
2013 11,160
2014 11,170
2015 11,390
2016 11,490
2017 11,900
2018 12,490
2019 12,840

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 1,160
2011 0
2012 850
2013 960
2014 1,030
2015 1,180
2016 1,190

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2004 210
2005 200
2007 370
2008 140
2009 440
2010 470
2012 0
2013 200
2014 210
2015 200
2016 200
2017 170
2018 180
2019 190

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 190
2010 170
2011 90
2012 50
2013 70
2014 90
2015 90
2016 70
2017 60
2018 50
2019 0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2004 280
2005 570
2006 0
2007 0
2008 330
2010 50
2011 0
2012 430
2013 340
2014 340
2015 350
2016 510
2017 580
2018 580
2019 380

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2004 5,720
2005 5,050
2006 5,730
2007 6,900
2008 6,630
2009 7,270
2010 5,790
2011 5,910
2012 5,830
2013 5,810
2014 5,730
2015 5,820
2016 6,200
2017 6,890
2018 7,060
2019 7,050

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2004 990
2005 1,540
2006 1,100
2007 1,760
2008 1,300
2009 2,020
2010 1,340
2011 1,140
2012 1,000
2013 1,170
2014 1,130
2015 950
2016 1,090
2017 1,180
2018 960
2019 980

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 4,020
2005 3,930
2006 560
2007 630
2008 1,050
2009 1,060
2010 1,420
2011 1,720
2012 0
2013 1,470
2014 1,470
2015 1,710
2016 1,970
2017 2,230
2018 1,940
2019 2,050