Job prospects Process Instrumentation Engineer in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Electrical and electronics engineers (NOC 21310) in Manitoba for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of 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 Electrical and electronics engineers in Manitoba:

• Approximately 1,050 people work in this occupation.
• Electrical and electronics engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Computer, electronic and electrical product manufacturing (NAICS 334-335): 38%
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 28%
  • Utilities (NAICS 22): 14%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 95% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 86% of electrical and electronics engineers work all year, while 14% 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 electrical and electronics engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 86% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 14% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 31% 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: 10% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 60% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 27% compared to 8% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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