Numbers of Legal Occupations in District of Columbia

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	35,620
2005	35,680
2006	35,920
2007	37,300
2008	36,790
2009	36,500
2010	36,870
2011	38,050
2012	39,150
2013	39,740
2014	38,560
2015	37,620
2016	38,530
2017	39,070
2018	39,630
2019	39,280

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	26,090
2005	26,930
2006	28,230
2007	29,060
2008	28,960
2009	28,440
2010	28,390
2011	29,010
2012	30,830
2013	31,810
2014	31,420
2015	30,690
2016	31,470
2017	32,090
2018	31,680
2019	30,960

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	310
2011	250

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2004	30
2005	60
2006	90
2007	110
2008	110
2009	140
2010	110
2011	100
2012	50
2013	50
2014	60
2015	0
2016	100
2017	90
2018	90
2019	80

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	8,160
2005	7,350
2006	7,550
2007	7,170
2008	6,800
2009	6,830
2010	6,350
2011	6,950
2012	6,520
2013	6,350
2014	5,750
2015	5,490
2016	5,400
2017	5,260
2018	5,330
2019	5,810

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	0
2005	0
2006	50
2007	50
2015	0
2016	60
2017	50
2018	50

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	1,340
2005	1,340
2006	0
2007	910
2008	920
2009	1,090
2010	1,710
2011	1,740
2012	1,750
2013	1,530
2014	1,330
2015	1,440
2016	1,500
2017	1,580
2018	2,480
2019	2,430