Numbers of Legal Occupations in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2005 6,300
2006 6,750
2007 6,820
2008 5,800
2009 5,840
2010 5,510
2011 5,600
2012 6,300
2013 6,890
2014 7,070
2015 8,090
2016 8,030
2017 8,160

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2005 4,070
2006 4,480
2007 4,340
2008 3,480
2009 3,550
2010 3,420
2011 3,270
2012 3,590
2013 4,060
2014 4,460
2015 5,030
2016 4,950
2017 4,720

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2010 0
2011 0

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2005 1,860
2006 1,880
2007 2,080
2008 1,940
2009 2,020
2010 1,850
2011 2,040
2012 2,140
2013 2,150
2014 2,260
2015 2,070
2016 2,300
2017 2,880

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2005 260
2006 230
2007 230
2008 210
2009 200
2010 140
2011 0
2012 160
2013 170
2014 0
2015 720
2016 590
2017 420

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 110
2006 160
2007 170
2008 170
2009 70
2010 100
2011 290
2012 410
2013 510
2014 350
2015 270
2016 190
2017 140