Numbers of Legal Occupations in Louisiana

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	13,690
2005	13,430
2006	12,070
2007	12,530
2008	13,830
2009	13,190
2010	13,550
2011	13,220
2012	13,330
2013	13,310
2014	12,880
2015	12,390
2016	12,340
2017	13,100
2018	14,510
2019	14,880

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	6,210
2005	6,400
2006	6,780
2007	7,210
2008	7,840
2009	7,300
2010	7,370
2011	7,300
2012	7,360
2013	7,660
2014	7,200
2015	6,920
2016	6,840
2017	6,820
2018	8,170
2019	8,070

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	470
2011	410
2012	170
2013	200
2014	200
2015	230
2016	180
2017	150
2018	130
2019	230

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2004	340
2005	270
2006	200
2007	180
2008	190
2009	200
2010	170
2011	190
2012	190
2013	190
2014	230
2015	250
2016	260
2017	200
2018	220
2019	210

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2004	140
2005	40
2008	0
2009	0
2010	120
2011	50
2012	40
2013	30
2014	50
2015	40
2017	30
2018	30
2019	30

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2004	490
2005	410
2006	230
2007	160
2008	200
2009	220
2010	270
2011	250
2012	250
2013	220
2014	210
2015	220
2016	210
2017	160

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	4,970
2005	4,870
2006	3,760
2007	4,050
2008	4,480
2009	4,400
2010	3,710
2011	3,710
2012	3,850
2013	3,750
2014	3,550
2015	3,530
2016	4,070
2017	4,440
2018	4,550
2019	4,770

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	590
2005	650
2006	740
2007	540
2008	760
2009	710
2010	1,130
2011	990
2012	1,140
2013	940
2014	1,060
2015	870
2016	780
2017	940
2018	1,010
2019	900

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	950
2005	790
2006	360
2007	390
2008	360
2009	360
2010	310
2011	320
2012	330
2013	320
2014	380
2015	330
2016	0
2017	360
2018	400
2019	670