Figure 2. Number of production and nonsupervisory employees (in thousands), legal services, seasonally adjusted, January 2002 to March 2018
Year and month Number

Jan 2002

841.4

Feb 2002

842.5

Mar 2002

842.9

Apr 2002

841.1

May 2002

842.5

Jun 2002

840.2

Jul 2002

843.5

Aug 2002

846.2

Sep 2002

850.6

Oct 2002

856.0

Nov 2002

858.0

Dec 2002

861.4

Jan 2003

865.1

Feb 2003

869.0

Mar 2003

870.2

Apr 2003

874.6

May 2003

873.3

Jun 2003

874.3

Jul 2003

876.1

Aug 2003

876.8

Sep 2003

881.1

Oct 2003

884.2

Nov 2003

888.1

Dec 2003

885.5

Jan 2004

886.5

Feb 2004

887.3

Mar 2004

885.3

Apr 2004

889.7

May 2004

892.3

Jun 2004

896.4

Jul 2004

898.1

Aug 2004

897.3

Sep 2004

899.7

Oct 2004

898.9

Nov 2004

896.7

Dec 2004

896.6

Jan 2005

894.1

Feb 2005

893.1

Mar 2005

892.7

Apr 2005

893.2

May 2005

896.4

Jun 2005

898.0

Jul 2005

900.4

Aug 2005

901.9

Sep 2005

897.5

Oct 2005

896.2

Nov 2005

896.3

Dec 2005

897.3

Jan 2006

899.1

Feb 2006

899.8

Mar 2006

902.3

Apr 2006

902.5

May 2006

900.4

Jun 2006

898.3

Jul 2006

899.3

Aug 2006

900.6

Sep 2006

900.3

Oct 2006

903.4

Nov 2006

907.7

Dec 2006

909.2

Jan 2007

908.0

Feb 2007

908.1

Mar 2007

907.3

Apr 2007

908.9

May 2007

909.6

Jun 2007

908.7

Jul 2007

903.1

Aug 2007

904.3

Sep 2007

906.5

Oct 2007

905.9

Nov 2007

904.1

Dec 2007

902.8

Jan 2008

902.6

Feb 2008

905.7

Mar 2008

904.3

Apr 2008

902.7

May 2008

903.1

Jun 2008

903.8

Jul 2008

904.0

Aug 2008

904.2

Sep 2008

900.8

Oct 2008

899.7

Nov 2008

896.6

Dec 2008

895.4

Jan 2009

890.5

Feb 2009

888.1

Mar 2009

883.8

Apr 2009

881.3

May 2009

877.5

Jun 2009

874.6

Jul 2009

869.7

Aug 2009

869.0

Sep 2009

867.3

Oct 2009

864.6

Nov 2009

864.6

Dec 2009

863.7

Jan 2010

865.8

Feb 2010

865.6

Mar 2010

868.2

Apr 2010

867.9

May 2010

868.4

Jun 2010

867.2

Jul 2010

868.3

Aug 2010

866.5

Sep 2010

871.1

Oct 2010

868.6

Nov 2010

868.9

Dec 2010

869.5

Jan 2011

869.8

Feb 2011

867.7

Mar 2011

864.8

Apr 2011

865.1

May 2011

866.2

Jun 2011

863.1

Jul 2011

866.7

Aug 2011

868.8

Sep 2011

865.8

Oct 2011

865.6

Nov 2011

866.6

Dec 2011

866.6

Jan 2012

867.2

Feb 2012

869.4

Mar 2012

867.5

Apr 2012

871.8

May 2012

872.7

Jun 2012

875.5

Jul 2012

876.9

Aug 2012

875.4

Sep 2012

878.8

Oct 2012

881.4

Nov 2012

881.5

Dec 2012

881.7

Jan 2013

881.2

Feb 2013

880.2

Mar 2013

884.4

Apr 2013

883.8

May 2013

882.2

Jun 2013

878.5

Jul 2013

880.3

Aug 2013

881.3

Sep 2013

882.6

Oct 2013

879.3

Nov 2013

878.1

Dec 2013

876.7

Jan 2014

877.3

Feb 2014

875.7

Mar 2014

875.0

Apr 2014

872.3

May 2014

872.1

Jun 2014

873.3

Jul 2014

871.9

Aug 2014

871.8

Sep 2014

869.3

Oct 2014

870.1

Nov 2014

869.6

Dec 2014

868.9

Jan 2015

867.7

Feb 2015

869.4

Mar 2015

868.7

Apr 2015

869.6

May 2015

870.3

Jun 2015

868.4

Jul 2015

867.1

Aug 2015

866.8

Sep 2015

871.2

Oct 2015

869.3

Nov 2015

869.0

Dec 2015

870.5

Jan 2016

868.7

Feb 2016

867.4

Mar 2016

868.5

Apr 2016

869.5

May 2016

869.0

Jun 2016

868.7

Jul 2016

870.8

Aug 2016

871.4

Sep 2016

872.2

Oct 2016

872.1

Nov 2016

872.2

Dec 2016

875.9

Jan 2017

880.4

Feb 2017

879.8

Mar 2017

878.7

Apr 2017

880.0

May 2017

881.4

Jun 2017

880.0

Jul 2017

877.2

Aug 2017

875.5

Sep 2017

877.3

Oct 2017

876.8

Nov 2017

876.0

Dec 2017

875.9

Jan 2018

874.8

Feb 2018

875.6

Mar 2018

876.0

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics Survey.