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Numbers of Legal Occupations in South Carolina

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2004 11,340
2005 11,060
2006 11,310
2007 11,400
2008 11,550
2009 11,200
2010 11,150
2011 11,210
2012 11,070
2013 11,540
2014 12,320
2015 12,250
2016 12,950
2017 12,980
2018 13,450
2019 13,750

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2004 5,130
2005 5,250
2006 5,360
2007 5,160
2008 5,110
2009 5,010
2010 5,310
2011 5,290
2012 5,440
2013 5,240
2014 5,400
2015 5,590
2016 6,200
2017 6,080
2018 5,870
2019 6,350

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 430
2011 280
2012 190
2013 160
2014 130
2015 130
2016 150
2017 160
2018 100
2019 100

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2004 120
2005 120
2006 110
2007 90
2008 110
2009 120
2010 110
2011 90
2012 100
2013 100
2014 100
2015 100
2016 110
2017 120
2018 120
2019 120

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2005 100
2006 170
2007 120
2008 70
2009 60
2010 70
2011 50
2012 0
2013 40
2014 40
2015 50
2016 80
2017 90
2018 0
2019 40

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2004 710
2005 910
2006 890
2007 700
2008 670
2009 700
2010 720
2011 700
2012 670
2013 620
2014 670
2015 730
2016 640
2017 660
2018 690
2019 590

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2004 5,020
2005 3,940
2006 4,180
2007 4,360
2008 4,490
2009 4,220
2010 3,750
2011 3,960
2012 4,220
2013 4,540
2014 5,120
2015 4,870
2016 5,340
2017 5,350
2018 6,060
2019 5,960

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2004 360
2005 330
2006 400
2007 730
2008 810
2009 800
2010 540
2011 490
2012 450
2013 620
2014 620
2015 560
2016 240
2017 350
2018 450
2019 440

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 0
2005 410
2006 200
2007 240
2008 290
2009 290
2010 220
2011 350
2013 220
2014 240
2015 220
2016 190
2017 170
2018 160
2019 150