Numbers of Legal Occupations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2005 25,330
2006 28,190
2007 27,010
2008 27,310
2009 26,350
2010 25,460
2011 25,300
2012 27,780
2013 28,910
2014 29,160
2015 30,380
2016 30,780
2017 31,810
2018 30,660
2019 30,050

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2005 17,400
2006 17,250
2007 17,270
2008 16,960
2009 16,950
2010 16,630
2011 16,890
2012 18,510
2013 18,660
2014 18,490
2015 18,780
2016 19,070
2017 18,880
2018 18,280
2019 18,330

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2010 540
2012 0
2013 0
2014 460
2015 480
2016 480
2017 550
2018 530
2019 520

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2005 360
2006 460
2008 340
2009 260
2010 310
2011 310
2012 320
2013 310
2014 310
2015 440
2016 430
2017 440
2018 380
2019 380

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2005 160
2006 560
2007 0
2008 290
2009 0
2010 130
2011 100
2012 80
2013 70
2014 120
2015 140
2016 160
2017 150
2018 130
2019 80

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2005 260
2006 230
2007 210
2008 220
2009 250
2010 240
2011 260
2012 440
2013 450
2014 450
2015 470
2016 450
2017 450
2018 460
2019 460

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2005 6,320
2006 7,860
2007 7,740
2008 8,200
2009 7,670
2010 6,350
2011 6,720
2012 6,610
2013 7,300
2014 7,060
2015 8,210
2016 7,990
2017 8,920
2018 8,820
2019 9,210

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2005 830
2006 1,340
2007 1,320
2008 900
2009 880
2010 900
2011 1,020
2012 1,350
2013 1,510
2014 1,660
2015 1,270
2016 1,290
2017 1,420
2018 1,080
2019 1,070

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 0
2006 490
2007 470
2008 400
2009 340
2010 360
2011 0
2012 470
2013 610
2014 610
2015 590
2016 910
2017 1,000
2018 980