Job prospects Horse Identifier in British Columbia

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Job opportunities in British Columbia

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Sports officials and referees (NOC 53202) in British Columbia for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some 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 Sports officials and referees in British Columbia:

• Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Sports officials and referees mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 61%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 12%
  • Other schools and instruction (NAICS 6115-6117): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 8% compared to 78% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 92% compared to 22% for all occupations
• 8% of sports officials and referees work all year, while 92% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 15 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 25% of sports officials and referees are self-employed compared to an average of 17% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 82% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 18% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 63% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 25% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Breakdown by region

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