Numbers of Legal Occupations in New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	5,340
2006	4,740
2007	5,230
2008	5,480
2009	5,520
2010	6,330
2011	5,670
2012	5,320
2013	5,160
2014	4,910
2015	4,940
2016	5,200
2017	5,660
2018	6,320
2019	6,790

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	3,000
2006	3,030
2007	3,190
2008	3,360
2009	3,120
2010	3,220
2011	3,210
2012	3,160
2013	3,410
2014	3,190
2015	3,130
2016	2,920
2017	2,810
2018	3,600
2019	3,780

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	150
2011	150
2012	40
2013	40
2014	40
2016	40
2017	30
2019	70

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	70
2006	50
2007	50
2008	60
2009	50
2010	50
2011	50
2012	50
2013	40
2014	50
2015	60
2016	80
2017	80
2018	70
2019	80

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	110
2007	60
2008	40
2009	50
2010	70
2011	70
2012	90
2013	70
2014	70
2015	70
2016	70
2017	60
2018	30
2019	40

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	1,990
2006	1,430
2007	1,650
2008	1,880
2009	2,180
2010	2,210
2011	2,080
2012	1,810
2013	1,450
2014	1,350
2015	1,520
2016	1,920
2017	2,250
2018	2,110
2019	2,200

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	170
2006	90
2007	130
2008	0
2009	0
2010	510
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	310
2018	360
2019	410

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	140
2007	150
2008	140
2009	120
2010	120
2011	110
2012	170
2013	150
2014	210
2015	160
2016	170
2017	120
2018	150
2019	210