Numbers of Legal Occupations in Tennessee

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year	Number
2004	11,990
2005	13,370
2006	11,780
2007	12,060
2008	11,730
2009	11,270
2010	12,530
2011	12,480
2012	11,990
2013	13,280
2014	13,420
2015	13,610
2016	13,410
2017	13,460
2018	14,400
2019	15,200

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year	Number
2004	5,840
2005	6,110
2006	6,030
2007	6,600
2008	6,080
2009	6,000
2010	6,700
2011	6,380
2012	6,310
2013	6,650
2014	7,140
2015	7,430
2016	7,570
2017	7,610
2018	7,600
2019	7,590

Judicial Law Clerks

Year	Number
2010	250
2011	170
2012	110
2013	100
2014	140
2015	120
2016	140
2017	150
2018	210

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year	Number
2004	310
2005	300
2006	290
2007	230
2008	250
2009	260
2010	360
2011	340
2013	280
2014	280
2015	330
2016	300
2017	320
2018	330
2019	300

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year	Number
2004	70
2005	50
2006	60
2007	50
2008	70
2010	50
2011	80
2012	80
2013	60
2014	80
2015	70
2016	110
2017	80
2018	90
2019	120

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year	Number
2004	270
2005	290
2006	260
2007	230
2008	230
2009	200
2010	350
2011	360
2012	390
2013	480
2014	540
2015	490
2016	400
2017	390
2018	420
2019	430

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year	Number
2004	4,090
2005	4,480
2006	4,060
2007	3,840
2008	4,100
2009	3,750
2010	4,000
2011	4,410
2012	4,700
2013	4,740
2014	4,300
2015	4,270
2016	3,830
2017	3,540
2018	4,100
2019	4,900

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year	Number
2004	0
2005	820
2006	730
2007	840
2008	750
2009	800
2010	600
2011	440
2012	400
2013	400
2014	500
2015	490
2016	710
2017	950
2018	1,150
2019	1,300

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year	Number
2004	1,410
2005	1,320
2006	350
2007	270
2008	250
2009	260
2010	220
2011	300
2012	0
2013	570
2014	440
2015	410
2016	350
2017	420
2018	500
2019	560