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