Numbers of Legal Occupations in Alabama

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	10,250
2005	10,910
2006	9,940
2007	9,700
2008	9,450
2009	9,120
2010	9,040
2011	9,060
2012	9,800
2013	9,230
2014	8,630
2015	9,330
2016	9,470
2017	9,780
2018	9,770
2019	10,950

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	4,970
2005	5,810
2006	5,780
2007	5,630
2008	5,460
2009	5,240
2010	5,150
2011	5,120
2012	5,460
2013	5,420
2014	5,120
2015	5,240
2016	5,380
2017	5,640
2018	5,540
2019	5,900

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	190
2011	0
2012	40
2014	30

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2004	120
2005	110
2006	100
2007	100
2008	110
2009	110
2010	130
2011	130
2012	140
2013	110
2014	110
2015	100
2016	120
2017	110
2018	110
2019	100

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	30
2007	50
2008	130
2009	110
2010	140
2011	60
2012	50
2013	50
2014	50
2015	40
2016	50
2017	50
2018	50
2019	40

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2004	530
2005	510
2006	550
2007	520
2008	510
2009	540
2010	530
2011	480
2012	690
2013	440
2014	700
2015	540
2016	500
2017	500
2018	580
2019	530

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	2,370
2005	2,170
2006	2,600
2007	2,730
2008	2,550
2009	2,580
2010	2,360
2011	2,720
2012	2,950
2013	2,800
2014	2,230
2015	2,860
2016	2,870
2017	3,010
2018	3,000
2019	3,780

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	730
2005	800
2006	700
2007	480
2008	490
2009	330
2010	260
2011	330
2012	260
2013	240
2014	220
2015	300
2016	270
2017	220
2018	250
2019	380

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	1,530
2005	1,480
2006	210
2007	190
2008	200
2009	210
2010	280
2011	220
2012	210
2013	170
2014	170
2015	250
2016	280
2017	250
2018	240
2019	220