Numbers of Legal Occupations in Alaska

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2004 2,240
2005 2,310
2006 2,040
2007 1,740
2008 1,790
2009 1,820
2010 1,740
2011 1,750
2012 1,790
2013 1,850
2014 2,070
2015 1,920
2016 1,980
2017 1,810
2018 2,070
2019 2,090

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2004 1,020
2005 1,030
2006 960
2007 1,000
2008 970
2009 960
2010 910
2011 990
2012 1,140
2013 1,200
2014 1,090
2015 1,050
2016 930
2017 940
2018 950
2019 1,050

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2004 70
2005 70
2006 60
2007 30
2008 50
2009 50
2010 50
2011 50
2012 50
2015 80
2017 40
2018 40
2019 40

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2017 0
2018 0
2019 70

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2004 120
2005 130
2013 140
2014 130
2015 100
2016 80
2018 120
2019 130

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2004 840
2005 810
2006 690
2007 540
2008 550
2009 670
2010 680
2011 630
2012 470
2013 440
2014 570
2015 600
2016 730
2017 550
2018 690
2019 580

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 220
2007 120
2008 170
2009 140
2010 100
2011 80
2012 80
2013 70
2014 70
2015 90
2016 110
2017 150
2018 150
2019 130

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2004 190
2005 270
2006 110
2007 50
2008 50
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 50
2013 0
2014 210
2016 130
2017 130
2018 120
2019 90