Numbers of Legal Occupations in Puerto Rico

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	4,170
2005	4,870
2006	3,970
2007	3,980
2008	3,830
2009	4,600
2010	4,450
2011	3,950
2012	4,160
2013	4,170
2014	4,260
2015	3,850
2016	4,110
2017	4,580
2018	4,480
2019	4,160

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	2,700
2005	2,900
2006	2,870
2007	2,840
2008	2,630
2009	2,930
2010	2,840
2011	2,880
2012	2,760
2013	2,790
2014	2,960
2015	2,820
2016	2,660
2017	2,790
2018	2,920
2019	2,960

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2004	40
2005	70
2006	40
2007	50
2008	60
2009	60
2010	60
2011	60
2012	60
2013	60
2014	50
2015	50
2016	50
2017	60
2018	60
2019	50

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	80
2006	110
2007	100
2008	100
2009	100
2010	120
2011	90
2012	80
2013	90
2014	80
2015	80
2016	80
2017	80
2018	70
2019	70

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	460
2009	460
2010	430
2012	460
2013	460
2014	470
2016	470
2017	460
2018	470

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	750
2005	660
2006	670
2007	570
2008	630
2009	680
2010	740
2011	730
2012	600
2013	580
2014	520
2015	550
2016	590
2017	900
2018	740
2019	800

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	100
2005	110
2006	160
2007	160
2008	160
2009	120
2010	60
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	0
2015	180
2016	90
2017	120
2018	60
2019	90

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	580
2005	590
2006	120
2007	260
2008	250
2009	250
2010	200
2011	190
2012	200
2013	190
2014	180
2015	170
2016	170
2017	170
2018	160
2019	190