Numbers of Legal Occupations in Kansas

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2004 7,590
2005 7,530
2006 7,160
2007 7,230
2008 7,510
2009 7,210
2010 7,380
2011 6,940
2012 6,800
2013 6,990
2014 7,080
2015 6,860
2016 6,940
2017 7,270
2018 7,140
2019 7,600

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2004 3,220
2005 3,010
2006 3,440
2007 3,680
2008 3,760
2009 3,730
2010 3,900
2011 3,720
2012 3,740
2013 3,790
2014 3,860
2015 3,690
2016 3,650
2017 3,640
2018 3,460
2019 3,640

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2010 80
2011 40
2015 40
2016 30

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2004 60
2005 100
2006 50
2007 40
2008 40
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 40
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50
2018 50
2019 50

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2004 30
2005 160
2006 200
2007 220
2008 140
2009 90
2010 50
2011 30
2013 40
2014 40
2015 50
2016 60
2017 60
2018 50
2019 40

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2004 380
2005 360
2006 430
2007 450
2008 500
2009 560
2010 550
2011 230
2012 200
2013 180
2014 230
2015 330
2016 310
2017 520
2018 400
2019 450

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2004 1,770
2005 1,870
2006 1,890
2007 1,650
2008 1,770
2009 1,680
2010 1,640
2011 1,800
2012 1,920
2013 1,970
2014 1,850
2015 1,640
2016 1,860
2017 2,020
2018 2,240
2019 2,470

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2004 840
2005 650
2006 640
2007 700
2008 830
2009 650
2010 680
2011 650
2012 470
2013 550
2014 610
2015 600
2016 510
2017 540
2018 530
2019 510

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2004 1,290
2005 1,380
2006 510
2007 490
2008 470
2009 460
2010 440
2011 430
2012 430
2013 420
2014 450
2015 460
2016 470
2017 440
2018 410
2019 440