Numbers of Legal Occupations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	14,510
2006	13,450
2007	14,480
2008	14,100
2009	14,200
2010	13,230
2011	13,350
2012	14,400
2013	14,150
2014	14,970
2015	15,200
2016	14,220
2017	16,420
2018	16,400
2019	16,590

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	8,390
2006	8,580
2007	8,540
2008	8,440
2009	8,230
2010	8,540
2011	8,440
2012	8,880
2013	8,940
2014	8,900
2015	9,120
2016	8,910
2017	9,500
2018	9,620
2019	9,700

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	500
2011	480
2012	260
2013	0
2014	310
2015	320
2016	310
2017	310
2018	290
2019	290

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	110
2007	100
2008	130
2009	110
2010	0
2011	0
2012	120
2013	120
2014	130
2015	140
2016	140
2017	140
2018	140
2019	170

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	120
2007	150
2008	130
2009	170
2010	130
2011	150
2012	190
2013	220
2014	170
2015	130
2016	110
2017	100
2018	90

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2007	270
2008	270
2009	280
2010	280
2011	280
2012	290
2013	300
2014	300
2015	310
2016	350
2017	360
2018	350
2019	380

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	3,850
2006	4,000
2007	3,740
2008	3,740
2009	3,840
2010	3,110
2011	3,230
2012	3,560
2013	3,930
2014	4,190
2015	4,240
2016	3,960
2017	4,370
2018	4,100
2019	4,420

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	1,060
2006	870
2007	990
2008	850
2009	950
2010	670
2011	770
2012	690
2013	640
2014	600
2015	620
2016	0
2017	1,170
2018	1,420
2019	1,380

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	980
2006	0
2007	690
2008	540
2009	620
2010	0
2011	0
2012	410
2013	0
2014	370
2015	320
2016	440
2017	470
2018	390
2019	250