Numbers of Legal Occupations in Rhode Island

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	3,160
2005	2,890
2006	3,230
2007	3,370
2008	3,230
2009	2,950
2010	2,670
2011	2,840
2012	1,920
2013	3,240
2014	3,130
2015	3,360
2016	3,640
2017	3,450
2018	3,020
2019	3,240

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	2,030
2005	1,680
2006	1,990
2007	2,030
2008	1,850
2009	1,880
2010	1,710
2011	1,820
2012	1,660
2013	1,790
2014	1,680
2015	1,780
2016	1,800
2017	1,810
2018	1,690
2019	1,780

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	60
2006	60
2007	50
2008	60
2009	50
2012	50
2013	50
2014	60
2015	60
2016	70
2017	50

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	90
2006	90
2007	90
2008	90
2009	90
2012	0
2013	100
2014	110
2015	120
2016	110
2017	110
2018	110
2019	120

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	800
2005	670
2006	810
2007	900
2008	990
2009	720
2010	680
2011	770
2012	0
2013	1,160
2014	1,120
2015	1,240
2016	1,220
2017	1,340
2018	1,100
2019	1,180

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	0
2005	0
2007	40
2009	0
2010	80
2011	90
2012	60
2014	0
2015	0
2016	300
2017	0
2019	0

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	330
2005	390
2006	280
2007	260
2008	240
2009	210
2010	200
2011	160
2012	150
2013	140
2014	160
2015	160
2016	140
2017	140
2018	120
2019	160