Numbers of Legal Occupations in Kansas City, MO-KS

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	9,320
2006	8,400
2007	8,750
2008	8,560
2009	8,470
2010	8,470
2011	7,750
2012	7,800
2013	7,640
2014	7,910
2015	8,260
2016	8,620
2017	8,910
2018	8,760
2019	6,020

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	3,650
2006	4,380
2007	5,050
2008	5,000
2009	4,920
2010	4,840
2011	4,740
2012	4,740
2013	4,740
2014	4,610
2015	4,660
2016	4,810
2017	5,190
2018	4,820
2019	4,820

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	230
2011	90
2012	50
2015	30
2016	30
2017	30
2019	50

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

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

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	50
2006	60
2007	80
2008	60
2009	50
2010	40
2016	70
2017	70
2018	60

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	150
2006	120
2007	210
2008	150
2009	170
2010	220
2011	180
2012	190
2013	180
2014	180
2015	200
2016	190
2017	240
2018	130
2019	170

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	3,060
2006	2,980
2007	2,700
2008	2,580
2009	2,660
2010	2,420
2011	2,450
2012	2,230
2013	2,030
2014	2,390
2015	2,450
2016	2,690
2017	2,630
2018	2,820
2019	0

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	610
2006	460
2007	430
2008	480
2009	370
2010	310
2011	290
2012	250
2013	390
2014	400
2015	540
2016	490
2017	430
2018	620
2019	640

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	1,760
2006	370
2007	240
2008	250
2009	260
2010	370
2011	0
2012	310
2013	270
2014	290
2015	330
2016	280
2017	260
2018	250
2019	280