Numbers of Legal Occupations in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	13,410
2006	13,150
2007	12,400
2008	12,120
2009	13,500
2010	13,720
2011	13,370
2012	13,180
2013	14,250
2014	14,140
2015	14,140
2016	14,560
2017	14,030
2018	14,820
2019	15,440

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	6,800
2006	8,800
2007	8,270
2008	7,330
2009	7,250
2010	7,180
2011	7,810
2012	7,920
2013	8,510
2014	8,130
2015	8,310
2016	8,380
2017	8,010
2018	8,300
2019	8,940

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	0
2011	0
2012	80
2013	140
2014	250
2015	260
2016	280
2017	300
2018	310
2019	310

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	180
2007	170
2008	180
2009	180
2010	0
2011	0
2013	180
2014	180
2015	150
2016	160
2017	150
2018	170
2019	160

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2005	0
2006	40
2007	50
2008	40
2009	70
2010	50
2011	90
2012	70
2013	80
2014	80
2015	100
2016	110
2017	110
2018	110

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	0
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	420
2012	320
2013	440
2014	530
2015	510
2016	550
2017	460
2018	500
2019	460

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	3,740
2006	2,830
2007	3,490
2008	4,070
2009	4,460
2010	4,430
2011	4,620
2012	3,920
2013	3,630
2014	3,590
2015	3,670
2016	3,700
2017	3,790
2018	4,110
2019	4,550

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	910
2006	630
2007	420
2008	500
2009	670
2010	750
2011	850
2012	870
2013	720
2014	880
2015	540
2016	800
2017	580
2018	670
2019	380

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	1,960
2006	670
2007	0
2008	0
2009	870
2010	890
2011	0
2012	0
2013	550
2014	500
2015	600
2016	580
2017	630
2018	650
2019	640