Numbers of Legal Occupations in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2005	10,000
2006	9,680
2007	10,350
2008	10,430
2009	11,160
2010	11,300
2011	12,400
2012	12,640
2013	13,090
2014	13,230
2015	13,310
2016	12,880
2017	13,390
2018	13,710
2019	14,620

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2005	5,670
2006	5,540
2007	5,590
2008	5,830
2009	6,850
2010	7,700
2011	7,430
2012	6,320
2013	6,470
2014	7,180
2015	8,010
2016	7,770
2017	7,560
2018	7,800
2019	7,690

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2017	70
2018	50
2019	80

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2005	130
2006	80
2007	80
2008	70
2009	80
2010	100
2011	110
2012	110
2013	110
2014	100
2015	110
2016	120
2017	100
2018	100
2019	110

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2014	50
2015	60
2016	50

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2005	130
2006	150
2007	160
2008	0
2010	190
2011	190
2012	160

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2005	2,760
2006	3,350
2007	3,330
2008	3,610
2009	2,950
2010	2,790
2011	3,030
2012	3,800
2013	4,490
2014	4,060
2015	3,650
2016	4,060
2017	4,220
2018	4,640
2019	5,510

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2005	480
2006	560
2007	870
2008	920
2009	1,070
2010	0
2011	1,050
2012	1,350
2013	1,290
2014	880
2015	500
2016	0
2017	930
2018	950
2019	970

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2005	830
2006	0
2007	320
2008	0
2009	210
2010	520
2011	590
2012	900
2013	730
2014	960
2015	980
2016	880
2017	510
2018	170
2019	260