Numbers of Legal Occupations in San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2005 17,680
2006 19,330
2007 18,880
2008 19,590
2009 20,950
2010 20,620
2011 20,640
2012 21,350
2013 21,940
2014 22,100
2015 22,620
2016 24,290
2017 24,670
2018 23,400
2019 23,850

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2005 11,670
2006 12,760
2007 12,820
2008 13,360
2009 13,760
2010 13,480
2011 13,850
2012 14,520
2013 14,210
2014 14,430
2015 15,220
2016 16,660
2017 16,770
2018 16,490
2019 16,750

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2010 940
2011 540
2013 90
2014 60
2015 60
2016 110
2017 260
2018 290
2019 280

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2005 280
2006 250
2012 290
2013 290
2014 290
2015 280
2016 300
2017 330
2018 340
2019 340

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2005 70
2006 80
2007 80
2008 80
2009 120
2010 140
2011 220
2012 240
2013 320
2014 180
2015 140
2016 90
2017 120
2018 100
2019 100

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2005 200
2007 220
2010 300
2012 0
2013 390
2014 390
2015 350
2016 330
2017 300
2018 270
2019 280

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2005 4,700
2006 5,360
2007 4,890
2008 5,330
2009 6,430
2010 5,370
2011 4,500
2012 4,540
2013 4,770
2014 4,840
2015 4,780
2016 5,140
2017 5,200
2018 5,540
2019 5,810

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2005 760
2006 880
2007 870
2008 820
2009 640
2010 390
2011 470
2012 560
2013 790
2014 770
2015 910
2016 770
2017 640
2018 370
2019 290

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 1,060
2012 1,200
2013 1,080
2014 1,140
2015 880
2016 890
2017 1,050
2018 0
2019 0