Numbers of Legal Occupations in Iowa

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	6,550
2005	6,570
2006	5,430
2007	5,250
2008	6,250
2009	6,400
2010	5,570
2011	5,560
2012	6,930
2013	7,340
2014	7,080
2015	6,960
2016	4,570
2017	6,410
2018	7,610
2019	7,610

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	2,880
2005	2,910
2006	2,810
2007	2,740
2008	2,720
2009	2,960
2010	2,970
2011	2,990
2012	3,330
2013	3,270
2014	3,270
2015	3,280
2016	3,280
2017	3,470
2018	3,170
2019	3,360

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	40
2018	60
2019	60

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2004	100
2005	90
2012	80
2013	80
2014	90
2015	80
2016	70
2017	70
2018	80
2019	80

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2004	50
2005	60
2006	70
2007	60
2008	0
2009	0
2010	120
2011	60
2012	40
2013	30
2014	60
2015	60
2016	80
2017	50
2018	60
2019	70

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2004	370
2005	370
2006	390
2007	390
2008	260
2009	260
2010	260
2011	260
2012	290
2013	290
2014	290
2015	290
2016	390
2017	0
2018	390
2019	400

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	1,230
2005	1,440
2006	1,550
2007	1,600
2008	1,680
2009	1,440
2010	1,490
2011	1,570
2012	2,430
2013	2,530
2014	2,370
2015	2,310
2016	0
2017	2,160
2018	2,350
2019	2,090

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	850
2005	690
2006	610
2007	460
2008	650
2009	790
2010	690
2011	680
2012	520
2013	860
2014	760
2015	720
2016	750
2017	660
2018	690
2019	740

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	1,070
2005	1,010
2006	0
2007	0
2008	940
2009	950
2010	0
2011	0
2012	240
2013	280
2014	240
2015	220
2016	0
2017	0
2018	810
2019	810