Job prospects Technical Assistant - Office Support in Saskatchewan

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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 good for Administrative officers (NOC 13100) in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2026 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.

• Base services like administrative services are tied to general economic conditions and business cycle in the province. A positive economic growth outlook for 2025 and 2026 should support a moderate employment growth.
• Job gains may be mitigated by a rather slow growth in the very short term and by limited hiring in Finance and Public services.
• High labour demand in construction, ambulatory healthcare services, and record enrolment in elementary and secondary schools will likely increase demand for this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Administrative officers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 5,250 people work in this occupation.
• Administrative officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 10%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 8%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 76% of administrative officers work all year, while 24% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 11% of administrative officers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 10% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 90% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 30% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 16% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 16% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

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