Numbers of Legal Occupations in Rhode Island

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2004 3,160
2005 2,890
2006 3,230
2007 3,370
2008 3,230
2009 2,950
2010 2,670
2011 2,840
2012 1,920
2013 3,240
2014 3,130
2015 3,360
2016 3,640
2017 3,450
2018 3,020
2019 3,240

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2004 2,030
2005 1,680
2006 1,990
2007 2,030
2008 1,850
2009 1,880
2010 1,710
2011 1,820
2012 1,660
2013 1,790
2014 1,680
2015 1,780
2016 1,800
2017 1,810
2018 1,690
2019 1,780

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 50
2008 60
2009 50
2012 50
2013 50
2014 60
2015 60
2016 70
2017 50

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2005 0
2006 0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2005 90
2006 90
2007 90
2008 90
2009 90
2012 0
2013 100
2014 110
2015 120
2016 110
2017 110
2018 110
2019 120

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2004 800
2005 670
2006 810
2007 900
2008 990
2009 720
2010 680
2011 770
2012 0
2013 1,160
2014 1,120
2015 1,240
2016 1,220
2017 1,340
2018 1,100
2019 1,180

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2007 40
2009 0
2010 80
2011 90
2012 60
2014 0
2015 0
2016 300
2017 0
2019 0

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2004 330
2005 390
2006 280
2007 260
2008 240
2009 210
2010 200
2011 160
2012 150
2013 140
2014 160
2015 160
2016 140
2017 140
2018 120
2019 160