Numbers of Legal Occupations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2015 47,910
2016 50,730
2017 53,950
2018 59,370
2019 62,020

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2015 31,200
2016 32,980
2017 34,910
2018 37,320
2019 37,970

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 1,010
2019 1,020

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2018 750
2019 750

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2015 0
2016 390
2017 0
2018 0
2019 110

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2016 170
2017 180
2018 500
2019 500

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2015 11,460
2016 12,290
2017 13,840
2018 15,960
2019 16,870

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2015 2,270
2016 2,090
2017 1,800
2018 1,430
2019 1,510

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2015 2,980
2016 2,810
2017 3,220
2018 2,400
2019 3,290