Numbers of Legal Occupations in Birmingham-Hoover, AL

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	4,740
2006	4,410
2007	4,100
2008	3,980
2009	3,780
2010	3,830
2011	3,790
2012	3,800
2013	3,550
2014	3,210
2015	3,840
2016	3,860
2017	4,150
2018	4,050
2019	4,530

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	2,510
2006	2,440
2007	2,440
2008	2,440
2009	2,150
2010	2,160
2011	2,130
2012	2,210
2013	2,060
2014	2,010
2015	2,280
2016	2,240
2017	2,360
2018	2,220
2019	2,380

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	140
2011	0

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	30
2010	30

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2007	40
2008	30
2009	60
2010	50
2011	40

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	130
2006	160
2007	150
2008	160
2009	170
2010	200
2011	160
2012	220
2013	160
2014	210
2015	150
2016	120
2017	130
2018	140
2019	160

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	880
2006	1,420
2007	1,210
2008	1,110
2009	1,280
2010	1,110
2011	1,220
2012	1,190
2013	1,190
2014	910
2015	1,250
2016	1,410
2017	1,580
2018	1,540
2019	1,890

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	300
2007	260
2008	240
2009	120
2010	70
2011	170
2012	110
2013	80
2014	80
2015	80
2016	0
2018	80
2019	100

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	1,190
2006	90
2007	0
2010	70
2011	70
2012	70
2013	60
2015	80
2016	90
2017	80
2018	70