Legislators' Occupations in all States, 1976, 1986, 1993,1995, 2007 (percentages) Occupation | 1976 | 1986 | 1993 | 1995 | 2007 | Attorney | 22.3% | 16.4% | 16.5% | 15.5% | 15.2% | Full-Time Legislator | 2.7% | 11.5% | 14.9% | 14.0% | 16.4% | Business Owner | 15.8% | 13.8% | 10.0% | 12.3% | 9.2% | Agriculture | 9.7% | 9.9% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 5.3% | Retired | * | 6.7% | 7.2% | 7.6% | 11.7% | Business: Executive/Manager | 5.4% | 5.8% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 8.7% | Educator: K-12 | 8.0% | 5.7% | 6.2% | 5.5% | 3.9% | Business: Nonmanager | 4.4% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 3.9% | 2.8% | Consultant/Professional/Nonprofit | 5.7% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 5.2% | 8.4% | Real Estate | 5.2% | 4.2% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 3.5% | Insurance | 5.3% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1.8% | Communications/Arts | 2.7% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.4% | Medical | * | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 3.6% | Government Employee: Local | 3.4% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.4% | Educator: College | * | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.7% | Homemaker | * | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.1% | .6% | Engineer/Scientist/Architect | * | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.6% | Accountant | * | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | .5% | Government Employee: State | * | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% | Clergy | * | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | .6% | Labor Union | .6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | .2% | Student | * | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | .2% | Information Not Available | * | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0% | Insufficient Information | 9.3% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 0% | *2007 - Total State Legislative Seats - 7,382 |