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