Numbers of Legal Occupations in Virginia

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2004 28,220
2005 22,840
2006 30,700
2007 32,310
2008 32,430
2009 32,010
2010 32,210
2011 34,500
2012 35,170
2013 35,680
2014 36,040
2015 35,440
2016 26,590
2017 34,290
2018 34,880
2019 36,200

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2004 13,140
2005 12,070
2006 13,200
2007 13,830
2008 14,170
2009 14,550
2010 14,200
2011 15,140
2012 15,720
2013 16,010
2014 17,090
2015 16,620
2016 16,890
2017 16,330
2018 15,890
2019 16,910

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2010 690
2011 340
2012 150
2013 130
2014 130
2015 90
2016 90
2017 90
2018 70
2019 70

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2004 660
2005 720
2006 360
2007 360
2008 370
2009 370
2010 380
2011 0
2012 400
2013 490
2014 480
2015 450
2016 510
2017 520
2018 520
2019 500

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2004 150
2005 240
2006 0
2008 160
2009 240
2010 260
2011 310
2012 140
2018 0
2019 0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2008 410
2013 100
2014 100

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2004 7,250
2005 7,020
2006 8,320
2007 8,590
2008 8,510
2009 7,870
2010 7,110
2011 8,070
2012 8,680
2013 8,870
2014 8,580
2015 8,370
2016 0
2017 8,790
2018 9,960
2019 10,220

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2004 1,380
2005 2,790
2006 2,730
2007 2,410
2008 1,550
2009 1,170
2010 1,310
2011 1,240
2012 1,080
2013 1,130
2014 820
2015 1,030
2016 980
2017 1,150
2018 1,390
2019 1,510

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2004 5,640
2005 0
2006 6,090
2007 7,120
2008 7,260
2009 7,810
2010 8,260
2011 9,400
2012 9,000
2013 8,950
2014 8,840
2015 8,880
2016 8,120
2017 7,410
2018 7,050
2019 6,990