Job prospects Investment Consultant in Nova Scotia

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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Financial and investment analysts (NOC 11101) in Nova Scotia for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Financial and investment analysts in Nova Scotia:

• Approximately 800 people work in this occupation.
• Financial and investment analysts mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 50%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 8%
• 82% of financial and investment analysts work all year, while 18% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of financial and investment analysts are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 55% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 45% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 10% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 7% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 53% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 26% compared to 10% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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