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Numbers of Legal Occupations in North Carolina

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2004 17,700
2005 19,270
2006 19,130
2007 19,000
2008 21,090
2009 21,710
2010 21,850
2011 23,000
2012 22,270
2013 22,950
2014 23,630
2015 23,240
2016 21,720
2017 21,510
2018 24,400
2019 26,260

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2004 9,210
2005 9,400
2006 9,390
2007 9,620
2008 9,870
2009 9,960
2010 9,900
2011 10,600
2012 11,190
2013 11,820
2014 12,380
2015 12,110
2016 11,330
2017 10,830
2018 12,560
2019 13,620

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 50
2011 40

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2004 250
2005 260
2006 200
2008 130
2009 140
2010 150
2011 150
2013 170
2014 180
2015 200
2017 210
2018 200
2019 200

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2004 40
2005 50
2006 80
2007 100
2008 150
2009 200
2010 220
2011 190
2012 120
2013 90
2014 100
2015 100
2016 90
2017 80
2018 140
2019 160

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2004 1,070
2005 1,060
2006 1,080
2008 1,210
2009 1,250
2010 1,250
2011 1,220

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2004 6,720
2005 6,920
2006 7,280
2007 7,980
2008 8,580
2009 9,080
2010 9,280
2011 9,970
2012 9,720
2013 9,620
2014 9,560
2015 9,360
2016 8,920
2017 9,190
2018 10,160
2019 10,950

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2004 410
2005 370
2006 570
2007 550
2008 510
2009 260
2010 240
2011 240
2012 330
2013 380
2014 550
2015 670
2016 760
2017 600
2018 590
2019 580

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 0
2005 1,210
2006 530
2007 750
2008 640
2009 820
2010 760
2011 590
2012 910
2013 870
2014 860
2015 800
2016 620
2017 600
2018 750
2019 750