Numbers of Legal Occupations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	17,970
2006	16,960
2007	17,620
2008	17,920
2009	17,360
2010	18,460
2011	18,120
2012	18,800
2013	19,160
2014	18,470
2015	18,460
2016	19,480
2017	19,110

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	10,560
2006	9,840
2007	10,950
2008	11,990
2009	12,230
2010	12,930
2011	12,610
2012	13,980
2013	14,110
2014	13,610
2015	12,970
2016	13,340
2017	13,460

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	140
2011	70

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	140
2006	140
2007	140
2008	140
2010	60
2011	50
2012	60
2013	60
2014	60
2015	80
2016	80
2017	110

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2006	250
2007	200
2008	230
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	140
2013	80
2014	70
2015	90
2016	50
2017	70

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	460

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	5,830
2006	5,960
2007	5,560
2008	5,080
2009	4,880
2010	4,700
2011	4,660
2012	4,440
2013	4,270
2014	4,390
2015	5,150
2016	5,510
2017	5,250

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	300
2007	280
2008	0
2009	0
2010	430
2011	530
2012	0
2013	500
2014	200
2015	0
2016	280
2017	0

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	980
2006	470
2007	490
2008	480
2009	250
2010	200
2011	200
2012	180
2013	140
2014	140
2015	170
2016	220
2017	220