Numbers of Legal Occupations in Florida

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	62,840
2005	65,770
2006	64,700
2007	66,680
2008	63,640
2009	67,170
2010	68,750
2011	70,730
2012	75,290
2013	77,280
2014	78,290
2015	80,210
2016	82,940
2017	84,540
2018	85,280
2019	89,680

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	34,360
2005	36,530
2006	38,240
2007	38,480
2008	36,060
2009	38,740
2010	41,240
2011	42,460
2012	40,870
2013	40,960
2014	43,540
2015	46,770
2016	47,590
2017	47,630
2018	47,280
2019	47,900

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	1,460
2011	860
2016	200
2018	490
2019	620

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2004	470
2005	620
2006	480
2013	480
2014	510
2015	530
2016	550
2017	440
2018	450
2019	540

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2004	350
2005	260
2007	0
2008	1,150
2009	0
2010	550
2011	410
2012	310
2013	390
2014	420
2015	430
2016	310
2017	230
2018	280
2019	310

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2004	910
2005	910
2006	1,020
2007	1,050
2008	0
2009	250
2010	1,400
2011	1,300
2012	1,080
2013	1,040
2014	1,240
2015	1,370
2016	1,330
2017	1,230
2018	0
2019	1,380

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	19,790
2005	19,390
2006	20,330
2007	20,730
2008	21,270
2009	21,860
2010	19,690
2011	21,330
2012	23,240
2013	24,360
2014	23,000
2015	21,820
2016	24,430
2017	27,460
2018	30,230
2019	30,850

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	4,020
2005	4,770
2006	4,630
2007	4,640
2008	5,160
2009	5,130
2010	4,410
2011	4,370
2012	4,360
2013	4,650
2014	4,320
2015	4,060
2016	4,090
2017	4,450
2018	4,800
2019	5,750

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	2,940
2005	3,290
2006	0
2007	1,780
2008	0
2009	1,190
2010	0
2011	0
2012	5,430
2013	5,400
2014	5,260
2015	5,230
2016	4,440
2017	3,100
2018	1,750
2019	2,330