Numbers of Legal Occupations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	25,490
2006	27,580
2007	27,560
2008	26,030
2009	27,550
2010	29,360
2011	30,810
2012	28,930
2013	29,550
2014	32,440
2015	33,570
2016	35,070
2017	36,470
2018	36,190
2019	35,540

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	15,620
2006	16,730
2007	16,780
2008	15,120
2009	15,660
2010	16,910
2011	17,630
2012	17,770
2013	17,590
2014	18,810
2015	19,860
2016	20,370
2017	20,600
2018	20,140
2019	19,810

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	830
2011	470
2016	60
2017	160
2018	140
2019	190

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	200
2006	180
2007	160
2008	140
2009	150
2010	160
2011	150
2012	140
2013	140
2014	150
2015	170
2016	180
2017	150
2018	160
2019	190

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2006	130
2007	50
2008	100
2009	170
2010	200
2011	160
2012	70
2013	0
2014	90
2015	90
2016	80
2017	40
2018	50
2019	60

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	280
2006	310
2007	310
2008	60
2009	30
2010	390
2011	370
2012	310
2013	300
2014	360
2015	390
2016	380
2017	320
2018	450
2019	370

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	8,520
2006	8,290
2007	8,270
2008	8,360
2009	9,440
2010	8,570
2011	9,270
2012	9,680
2013	10,200
2014	9,340
2015	9,140
2016	10,560
2017	12,420
2018	13,100
2019	12,030

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	870
2006	1,270
2007	1,270
2008	1,580
2009	1,630
2010	1,510
2011	1,440
2012	960
2013	1,320
2014	1,710
2015	2,030
2016	1,720
2017	1,400
2018	1,450
2019	2,100

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	670
2007	720
2008	670
2009	470
2010	790
2011	1,320
2012	0
2013	0
2014	1,980
2015	1,890
2016	1,720
2017	1,380
2018	700
2019	790