Numbers of Legal Occupations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2005 6,200
2006 7,050
2007 6,770
2008 6,990
2009 6,330
2010 6,910
2011 6,760
2012 4,780
2013 8,250
2014 9,040
2015 8,420
2016 7,430
2017 7,630
2018 7,530
2019 7,520

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2005 3,970
2006 4,410
2007 4,290
2008 4,040
2009 4,130
2010 4,390
2011 4,640
2012 4,300
2013 4,540
2014 5,050
2015 5,430
2016 5,170
2017 5,470
2018 5,610
2019 5,680

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2010 0
2011 0
2013 340
2014 350

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2005 30
2013 50
2014 50
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40
2018 40
2019 30

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2007 0
2008 30
2009 0
2010 40
2013 50
2014 60

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2007 90

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2005 1,820
2006 2,120
2007 1,840
2008 2,400
2009 1,910
2010 2,250
2011 1,840
2012 0
2013 2,610
2014 3,020
2015 2,620
2016 1,900
2017 1,780
2018 1,880
2019 1,650

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2005 210
2006 210
2007 200
2008 130
2009 0
2010 0
2013 150
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2018 0
2019 160

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 170
2006 310
2007 350
2008 390
2009 290
2010 230
2011 280
2012 480
2013 510
2014 510
2015 330
2016 320
2017 340
2018 0
2019 0