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Numbers of Legal Occupations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2005 99,860
2006 104,310
2007 107,230
2008 104,890
2009 101,950
2010 97,620
2011 98,340
2012 100,260
2013 99,420
2014 99,520
2015 106,330
2016 108,690
2017 111,900
2018 115,260
2019 118,650

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2005 67,020
2006 68,390
2007 70,300
2008 70,660
2009 69,790
2010 68,130
2011 69,040
2012 69,200
2013 70,640
2014 74,020
2015 75,340
2016 75,840
2017 77,010
2018 80,900
2019 82,110

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 1,790
2011 1,100
2012 0
2013 530
2014 0
2015 530
2016 530
2017 540
2018 520
2019 510

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 1,290
2012 1,190
2013 1,220
2014 1,240
2015 1,280
2016 1,270
2017 1,280
2018 1,260
2019 1,290

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2005 330
2007 0
2008 470
2009 370
2010 450
2011 550
2012 610
2013 0
2014 370
2015 260
2016 280
2017 290
2018 290
2019 430

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2005 1,420
2006 1,460
2007 1,420
2008 1,480
2009 1,500
2010 1,490
2011 1,460
2012 1,480
2013 1,450
2014 0
2015 1,610
2016 1,570
2017 1,620
2018 1,600
2019 1,640

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2005 27,540
2006 27,720
2007 29,340
2008 29,410
2009 27,550
2010 23,100
2011 22,910
2012 24,320
2013 22,530
2014 21,790
2015 21,530
2016 22,900
2017 24,810
2018 26,250
2019 29,030

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2005 3,550
2006 3,530
2007 4,330
2008 2,870
2009 2,740
2010 2,660
2011 3,280
2012 3,460
2013 3,050
2014 2,100
2015 3,490
2016 4,030
2017 4,090
2018 2,310
2019 1,530

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 1,920
2007 1,840
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 2,290
2016 2,270
2017 2,260
2018 2,130
2019 2,110