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Numbers of Legal Occupations in Colorado

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2004 13,910
2005 16,500
2006 17,210
2007 16,670
2008 17,620
2009 18,470
2010 19,100
2011 19,000
2012 20,630
2013 20,880
2014 21,060
2015 21,360
2016 19,280
2017 19,280
2018 22,220
2019 23,840

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2004 7,830
2005 9,450
2006 9,710
2007 9,900
2008 10,230
2009 10,590
2010 10,540
2011 11,310
2012 11,830
2013 12,190
2014 11,970
2015 11,620
2016 11,230
2017 11,450
2018 12,930
2019 14,320

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 220
2011 180
2012 170
2013 180
2014 190
2015 190
2016 170
2017 0
2018 200
2019 210

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2004 170
2005 170
2006 150
2009 160
2010 170
2012 190
2013 190
2014 200
2015 200
2016 210
2017 220
2018 220
2019 210

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2004 140
2005 130
2007 50
2008 90
2009 100
2010 100
2011 70
2012 110
2013 140
2014 0
2015 50
2016 60
2017 80
2018 110
2019 140

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2004 200
2005 260
2006 490
2007 520
2008 560
2009 590
2010 560
2011 530
2012 540
2013 560
2014 570
2015 600
2016 590
2017 610
2018 560
2019 580

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2004 3,560
2005 4,260
2006 4,880
2007 5,030
2008 5,140
2009 4,690
2010 5,060
2011 5,580
2012 5,610
2013 5,260
2014 5,370
2015 6,030
2016 5,750
2017 5,420
2018 5,250
2019 5,290

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2004 610
2005 900
2006 1,220
2007 1,170
2008 1,600
2009 1,480
2010 1,630
2011 1,330
2012 1,270
2013 1,420
2014 1,620
2015 1,410
2016 0
2017 0
2018 1,240
2019 1,300

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,400
2005 1,330
2006 760
2007 0
2008 0
2009 860
2010 820
2011 0
2012 910
2013 940
2014 1,140
2015 1,260
2016 1,270
2017 1,500
2018 1,710
2019 1,790