Numbers of Legal Occupations in Columbia, SC

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	3,640
2006	3,570
2007	3,560
2008	3,380
2009	2,960
2010	3,150
2011	3,460
2012	3,570
2013	3,750
2014	3,920
2015	3,900
2016	3,970
2017	3,880
2018	4,020
2019	4,020

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	1,700
2006	1,680
2007	1,710
2008	1,610
2009	1,500
2010	1,570
2011	1,620
2012	1,680
2013	1,630
2014	1,800
2015	1,860
2016	1,800
2017	1,610
2018	1,690
2019	1,850

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	160
2011	110
2012	60
2013	60

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	60
2006	50
2007	60
2008	60
2011	50
2012	60
2013	60
2014	70
2015	60
2016	70
2017	70
2018	80
2019	80

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	90
2006	90
2007	80

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	160
2006	130
2007	100
2008	100
2009	120
2010	120
2011	120
2012	120
2013	120
2014	130
2015	140
2016	110
2017	130
2018	160
2019	110

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	1,540
2006	1,530
2007	1,220
2008	1,270
2009	1,130
2010	1,170
2011	1,400
2012	1,490
2013	1,650
2014	1,700
2015	1,680
2016	1,820
2017	1,890
2018	1,980
2019	1,890

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	90
2006	0
2007	250
2008	180
2009	210
2010	130
2011	160
2012	160
2013	230
2014	220
2015	160
2016	110
2017	120
2018	110
2019	90

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	90
2007	140
2008	160
2009	0
2010	0
2012	0
2016	60
2017	60