Job prospects Personnel Clerk in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "personnel clerk" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Personnel clerks (NOC 14102) in Ontario 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.

Here are some key facts about Personnel clerks in Ontario:

• Approximately 3,650 people work in this occupation.
• Personnel clerks mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 20%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 10%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 6%
• 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
• 66% of personnel clerks work all year, while 34% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of personnel clerks are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 19% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 81% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 24% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 25% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 38% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

Explore job prospects in Ontario by economic region.

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "personnel clerk" Personnel clerks (NOC 14102) or across Canada.

Learn more