Numbers of Legal Occupations in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	21,330
2006	20,670
2007	21,550
2008	21,110
2009	20,620
2010	21,650
2011	21,470
2012	21,950
2013	22,270
2014	21,750
2015	22,010
2016	23,070
2017	22,680
2018	23,050
2019	22,880

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	12,460
2006	11,570
2007	12,760
2008	13,730
2009	14,040
2010	14,910
2011	14,670
2012	15,920
2013	15,920
2014	15,500
2015	15,070
2016	15,610
2017	15,820
2018	16,460
2019	16,720

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	150
2011	70

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2006	170
2007	170
2008	160
2010	70
2011	60
2012	60
2013	70
2014	70
2015	100
2016	100
2017	120
2018	110
2019	140

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2006	260
2007	260
2008	290
2009	270
2010	0
2011	0
2012	190
2013	110
2014	110
2015	90
2016	60
2017	80
2018	170
2019	160

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	540
2006	530
2007	570

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	6,610
2006	7,160
2007	6,880
2008	6,410
2009	6,040
2010	5,800
2011	5,850
2012	5,530
2013	5,440
2014	5,640
2015	6,520
2016	6,720
2017	6,410
2018	6,040
2019	5,570

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	480
2006	430
2007	380
2008	0
2009	0
2010	500
2011	590
2012	0
2013	530
2014	220
2015	0
2016	320
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	1,240
2006	550
2007	530
2008	520
2009	270
2010	220
2011	230
2012	250
2013	200
2014	210
2015	230
2016	260
2017	250
2018	270
2019	290