Job prospects Sales Assistant near Yellowknife (NT)

The employment outlook will be moderate for Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers (NOC 64100) in Northwest Territories 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 400 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 88%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 66% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 34% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 51% of retail salespersons and visual merchandisers work all year, while 49% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 39 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 8% of retail salespersons and visual merchandisers are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 47% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 53% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 25% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 44% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 12% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology