Numbers of Legal Occupations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	47,230
2006	56,470
2007	51,080
2008	58,450
2009	49,580
2010	48,420
2011	51,000
2012	62,630
2013	63,430
2014	62,350
2015	61,710
2016	61,750
2017	61,160

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	34,110
2006	36,330
2007	37,940
2008	38,000
2009	37,970
2010	37,280
2011	38,230
2012	40,390
2013	41,480
2014	41,460
2015	40,870
2016	41,520
2017	42,010

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	600
2011	390
2013	0
2014	210
2015	200
2016	190

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	760
2006	320
2008	430
2011	470
2012	470
2013	510
2014	510
2015	480
2016	560
2017	570

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	240
2006	0
2007	220
2008	230
2009	340
2010	310
2011	350
2012	130
2015	320
2016	360

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2008	90
2012	90
2013	70
2014	70
2015	100
2016	100
2017	100

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	11,110
2006	11,860
2007	11,710
2008	10,900
2009	10,810
2010	9,840
2011	11,140
2012	10,850
2013	10,540
2014	9,850
2015	9,440
2016	9,330
2017	9,050

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	1,010
2006	1,220
2007	1,210
2008	800
2009	460
2010	390
2011	420
2012	550
2013	830
2014	680
2015	610
2016	590
2017	680

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	6,740
2007	0
2008	8,000
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	10,150
2013	10,000
2014	9,570
2015	9,690
2016	9,100
2017	8,750