Numbers of Legal Occupations in Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	1,630
2006	1,480
2007	1,660
2008	1,620
2009	1,740
2010	1,620
2011	1,590
2012	1,650
2013	1,730
2014	1,780
2015	1,890
2016	1,850
2017	1,830

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	650
2006	720
2007	650
2008	590
2009	570
2010	680
2011	710
2012	730
2013	700
2014	690
2015	750
2016	790
2017	760

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2013	50
2014	50
2015	60
2016	50
2017	70

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2013	40
2014	40
2015	30
2016	30
2017	30

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2017	0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2007	160
2008	170
2009	200
2012	120
2013	120
2014	120
2015	140
2016	140
2017	150

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	530
2006	530
2007	700
2008	680
2009	690
2010	620
2011	640
2012	560
2013	580
2014	590
2015	660
2016	500
2017	490

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	250
2006	140
2007	150
2008	180
2009	180
2010	200
2011	160
2012	240
2013	150
2014	210
2015	160
2016	230
2017	210

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	200
2006	90
2007	0
2008	0
2009	100
2010	120
2011	80
2012	0
2013	90
2014	80
2015	90
2016	110
2017	120