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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Journalists (NOC 51113) in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
- A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Journalists in Saskatchewan:
- Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Journalists mainly work in the following sectors:
- Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 85%
- Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 10%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 89% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 11% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 85% of journalists work all year, while 15% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 7% of journalists are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 52% compared to 53% for all occupations
- Women: 48% compared to 47% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: 23% compared to 33% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 56% compared to 18% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 7% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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