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Numbers of Legal Occupations in Maine

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2004 3,480
2005 3,130
2006 3,270
2007 3,400
2008 3,650
2009 3,740
2010 3,640
2011 3,440
2012 3,260
2013 3,230
2014 3,360
2015 3,290
2016 3,300
2017 3,480
2018 3,560
2019 3,590

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2004 1,970
2005 1,830
2006 1,920
2007 1,910
2008 1,960
2009 1,940
2010 1,840
2011 1,630
2012 1,640
2013 1,630
2014 1,920
2015 1,860
2016 1,740
2017 1,710
2018 1,710
2019 1,910

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 40
2011 40
2012 50
2013 50
2014 50
2015 40
2016 30

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2004 130
2005 130
2006 120
2007 120
2008 110
2009 120
2010 130
2011 130
2012 130
2013 120
2014 120
2015 130
2016 130
2017 120
2018 120
2019 100

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 60
2010 50
2011 50
2012 60
2013 50
2014 50
2015 30
2016 30

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2004 90
2005 80
2006 80
2007 80
2008 90
2009 80
2010 80
2011 80
2012 80
2013 90
2014 90
2015 90
2016 80
2017 90
2018 90
2019 90

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2004 1,030
2005 860
2006 910
2007 1,060
2008 1,280
2009 1,220
2010 1,060
2011 1,060
2012 1,140
2013 1,180
2014 1,010
2015 980
2016 1,170
2017 1,280
2018 1,330
2019 1,170

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2004 90
2005 0
2006 100
2007 100
2008 60
2009 190
2010 230
2011 230
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 130
2018 170
2019 180

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 170
2005 230
2006 100
2007 90
2008 110
2009 130
2010 210
2011 220
2012 160
2013 110
2014 120
2015 160
2016 120
2017 150
2018 140
2019 140