Numbers of Legal Occupations in Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	34,660
2006	37,050
2007	36,190
2008	35,910
2009	35,180
2010	34,810
2011	35,680
2012	35,870
2013	36,480
2014	35,360
2015	34,380
2016	33,290
2017	34,630

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	24,500
2006	27,410
2007	26,820
2008	25,350
2009	24,620
2010	23,840
2011	23,680
2012	23,380
2013	23,310
2014	23,280
2015	23,150
2016	23,100
2017	23,290

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	1,330
2011	1,130
2012	530
2013	420
2014	0
2015	250
2016	110

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	240
2006	360
2012	300
2013	240
2014	260
2015	260
2016	270
2017	290

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	40
2006	100
2007	110
2008	140
2009	100
2010	100
2011	130
2012	160
2013	200
2014	150
2015	130
2016	170
2017	240

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	640
2006	620
2009	690
2010	660
2011	650

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	5,980
2006	7,300
2007	8,150
2008	8,700
2009	8,340
2010	7,510
2011	8,290
2012	9,700
2013	10,470
2014	10,170
2015	8,980
2016	8,220
2017	9,530

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	950
2006	0
2007	0
2008	890
2009	620
2010	630
2011	830
2012	850
2013	790
2014	710
2015	960
2016	950
2017	740

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	2,310
2006	1,260
2007	1,110
2008	830
2009	810
2010	740
2011	970
2012	950
2013	1,050
2014	790
2015	650
2016	470
2017	540