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Numbers of Legal Occupations in West Virginia

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2004 5,460
2005 5,660
2006 5,520
2007 4,990
2008 5,240
2009 5,280
2010 5,400
2011 5,270
2012 5,630
2013 5,920
2014 6,110
2015 5,630
2016 5,490
2017 5,290
2018 5,110
2019 4,960

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2004 2,350
2005 2,230
2006 2,130
2007 2,020
2008 2,090
2009 2,070
2010 2,060
2011 2,240
2012 2,600
2013 2,650
2014 2,660
2015 2,350
2016 2,260
2017 2,440
2018 2,480
2019 2,470

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 80
2011 0
2014 40
2015 130
2016 160
2017 150
2018 110

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 50
2007 60
2008 0
2009 0
2010 60
2011 50
2012 60
2013 60
2014 50
2015 120
2016 110
2017 110
2018 130
2019 170

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2004 80
2005 110
2006 110
2007 80
2008 120
2009 100
2010 90
2011 60
2012 70
2013 70
2014 70
2015 80
2018 0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2004 330
2005 520
2006 660
2007 420
2008 520
2009 390
2010 500
2011 490
2012 550
2013 540
2014 560
2015 270
2016 300
2017 300
2018 300
2019 280

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2004 2,100
2005 2,080
2006 2,110
2007 2,040
2008 2,140
2009 2,370
2010 2,280
2011 2,120
2012 1,920
2013 2,030
2014 2,180
2015 2,140
2016 2,150
2017 2,050
2018 1,810
2019 1,700

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2004 180
2005 280
2006 270
2007 190
2008 170
2009 180
2010 130
2011 140
2012 230
2013 330
2014 320
2015 370
2016 260
2017 240
2018 150
2019 170

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 340
2005 360
2006 190
2007 180
2008 200
2009 170
2010 200
2011 170
2012 200
2013 240
2014 230
2015 170
2016 250
2017 0
2018 130
2019 170