Job prospects Early Childhood Educator - Special Needs in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202) in Yukon for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several 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.

Demand for child care workers is expected to grow in response to the  Canada-wide early learning and child care plan, announced in the 2021 Federal Budget. For Yukon, this plan includes the creation of 110 new regulated early learning and child care spaces within five years. Fully qualified early childhood educators in Yukon will receive a minimum wage of approximately $30 an hour— the highest minimum wage for early childhood educators in the country (Department of Finance Canada 2021).

Here are some key facts about Early childhood educators and assistants in Yukon:

• Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Early childhood educators and assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 79%
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): 15%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 49% of early childhood educators and assistants work all year, while 51% 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 41 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 9% of early childhood educators and assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 11% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 89% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 6% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 17% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 33% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 26% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 10% compared to 11% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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