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Numbers of Legal Occupations in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2005 5,310
2006 5,910
2007 6,270
2008 6,580
2009 6,180
2010 6,260
2011 5,790
2012 6,110
2013 6,960
2014 7,510
2015 7,950
2016 8,020
2017 8,030
2018 8,450
2019 8,630

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2005 3,160
2006 3,160
2007 3,460
2008 3,470
2009 3,540
2010 3,550
2011 3,480
2012 3,350
2013 4,110
2014 4,540
2015 4,750
2016 4,340
2017 4,100
2018 4,310
2019 4,360

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2005 160
2006 150
2007 140
2008 180
2009 180
2010 240
2011 220
2013 200
2014 180
2015 160
2016 160
2017 170
2018 170
2019 170

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2006 120
2007 130
2008 50
2009 80
2010 90
2011 80
2012 60
2013 30
2015 40
2016 30
2018 0
2019 0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2005 160
2006 150
2007 150
2008 150
2009 160
2010 160
2011 180
2012 180
2013 170
2014 160
2015 170
2016 170
2017 170
2018 150
2019 140

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2005 1,330
2006 1,460
2007 1,800
2008 2,050
2009 1,990
2010 1,640
2011 1,590
2012 1,830
2013 1,930
2014 2,190
2015 2,370
2016 2,520
2017 2,800
2018 2,990
2019 3,240

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2006 660
2007 340
2008 400
2009 0
2010 410
2011 0
2012 440
2013 290
2014 210
2015 200
2016 510
2017 470
2018 490
2019 380

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 500
2006 210
2007 250
2008 280
2009 230
2010 170
2011 240
2012 250
2013 230
2014 230
2015 260
2016 290
2017 320
2018 340
2019 340