Numbers of Legal Occupations in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2005 1,860
2006 1,800
2007 1,740
2008 1,580
2009 1,470
2010 1,580
2011 1,650
2012 1,500
2013 1,700
2014 1,550
2015 1,830
2016 1,750
2017 2,090
2018 2,150
2019 2,000

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2005 1,230
2006 1,160
2007 1,070
2008 1,010
2009 1,010
2010 870
2011 990
2012 970
2013 1,220
2014 1,030
2015 1,220
2016 1,160
2017 1,300
2018 1,290
2019 1,340

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2005 30
2010 30
2011 30

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2013 40
2015 0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2007 50
2008 50
2009 50
2010 40
2011 30
2012 40
2013 40
2014 60
2015 70
2016 60
2017 40
2018 50
2019 60

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2005 430
2006 460
2007 530
2008 470
2009 410
2010 640
2011 550
2012 440
2013 350
2014 420
2015 500
2016 530
2017 690
2018 740
2019 600

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2007 0
2008 0
2010 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 80
2006 100
2007 90
2008 50
2011 50
2012 50
2013 50
2014 40
2015 40
2017 60
2018 70