Numbers of Legal Occupations in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	4,000
2006	4,170
2007	3,750
2008	3,750
2009	3,860
2010	4,200
2011	4,430
2012	4,720
2013	4,340
2014	3,950
2015	3,500
2016	3,600
2017	3,820
2018	4,610
2019	4,490

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	1,860
2006	1,900
2007	1,830
2008	1,770
2009	1,950
2010	1,990
2011	2,150
2012	2,130
2013	2,230
2014	2,050
2015	1,790
2016	1,910
2017	2,090
2018	2,420
2019	2,400

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	160

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

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

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2010	0
2012	0
2014	50
2015	100
2019	0

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	1,370
2006	1,670
2007	1,580
2008	1,640
2009	1,530
2010	1,610
2011	1,890
2012	1,910
2013	1,980
2014	1,810
2015	1,570
2016	1,650
2017	1,690
2018	2,040
2019	1,950

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	560
2006	460
2007	220
2008	170
2009	190
2010	0
2011	340
2012	250
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	160
2006	90
2007	80
2008	130
2009	140
2010	390
2011	0
2012	390
2013	90
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	100
2019	100