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Numbers of Legal Occupations in New Mexico

Occupation group

Legal Occupations
Year Number
2004 5,790
2005 5,230
2006 5,010
2007 4,570
2008 4,800
2009 5,380
2010 4,460
2011 6,060
2012 5,350
2013 5,610
2014 4,950
2015 5,270
2016 5,550
2017 5,580
2018 5,350
2019 6,000

Individual occupations

Lawyers
Year Number
2004 2,440
2005 1,970
2006 2,210
2007 2,050
2008 2,250
2009 2,620
2010 2,440
2011 3,400
2012 2,940
2013 3,210
2014 2,910
2015 2,830
2016 2,890
2017 2,900
2018 2,970
2019 3,560

Judicial Law Clerks
Year Number
2010 30

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Year Number
2004 130
2005 140
2006 90
2007 100
2008 100
2009 70
2012 130
2013 120
2014 130
2015 140
2016 140
2017 140
2018 140
2019 160

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2009 40
2010 40
2011 70
2012 50
2013 50
2014 40
2016 0

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Year Number
2004 340
2005 270
2006 320
2007 100
2008 100
2009 260
2010 100
2011 280
2012 120
2013 110
2014 110
2015 110
2016 300
2017 320
2018 320
2019 340

Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Year Number
2004 1,570
2005 1,480
2006 1,450
2007 1,430
2008 1,540
2009 1,600
2010 1,380
2011 1,730
2012 1,640
2013 1,630
2014 1,310
2015 1,580
2016 1,600
2017 1,510
2018 1,310
2019 1,340

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Year Number
2004 520
2005 600
2006 770
2007 770
2008 690
2009 660
2010 470
2011 580
2012 370
2013 390
2014 350
2015 440
2016 420
2017 510
2018 470
2019 480

Legal Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 790
2005 770
2006 170
2007 120
2008 120
2009 130
2010 0
2011 0
2012 100
2013 100
2014 100
2015 170
2016 200
2017 200
2018 140
2019 120