Numbers of Legal Occupations in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	2,420
2006	2,010
2007	1,790
2008	2,010
2009	1,940
2010	2,160
2011	2,310
2012	2,690
2013	2,530
2014	2,600
2015	2,670
2016	2,760
2017	2,620
2018	2,870
2019	2,420

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	1,240
2006	1,260
2007	1,270
2008	1,270
2009	1,390
2010	1,410
2011	1,390
2012	1,530
2013	1,550
2014	1,550
2015	1,470
2016	1,400
2017	1,520
2018	1,460
2019	1,480

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	70
2014	80
2015	70
2016	60

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	50
2006	50
2007	50
2008	0
2009	0
2010	100
2011	40
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	60
2011	40
2012	50
2016	80
2018	80

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	610
2006	600
2007	470
2008	580
2009	410
2010	490
2011	450
2012	830
2013	810
2014	820
2015	830
2016	750
2017	880
2018	910
2019	940

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	130
2006	100
2007	0
2008	160
2009	140
2010	160
2011	100
2012	100
2013	0
2014	0
2015	150
2016	280
2017	220
2018	230

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	260
2011	290
2012	180
2013	170
2014	150
2015	150
2016	190
2017	0
2018	190
2019	0