Numbers of Legal Occupations in Richmond, VA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	4,020
2006	4,040
2007	4,740
2008	4,420
2009	4,180
2010	4,100
2011	4,810
2012	5,250
2013	5,790
2014	5,900
2015	5,770
2016	6,390
2017	5,960
2018	5,980
2019	5,730

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	2,410
2006	2,430
2007	2,280
2008	2,300
2009	2,180
2010	2,310
2011	2,780
2012	3,100
2013	3,250
2014	3,920
2015	3,650
2016	3,920
2017	3,310
2018	3,330
2019	3,390

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	0
2011	0
2012	60
2013	60
2014	60

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	100
2006	110
2013	140
2014	140
2015	150
2016	150
2017	140
2018	140
2019	140

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2006	40
2010	0
2011	0

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	1,230
2006	1,370
2007	1,610
2008	1,710
2009	1,470
2010	1,170
2011	1,250
2012	1,690
2013	1,860
2014	1,780
2015	1,770
2016	2,130
2017	2,310
2018	2,260
2019	2,200

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	0
2007	770
2008	410
2009	380
2010	400
2011	510
2012	400
2013	320
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	280
2006	90
2007	80
2009	150
2010	220
2011	270
2012	0
2013	160
2014	0
2015	200
2016	190
2017	200
2018	250
2019	0