Job prospects Medical Laboratory Technologist near Charlottetown (PE)

Over the past few years (2021-2023), there was a major labour shortage for Medical laboratory technologists near Charlottetown (PE). There were far more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

The employment outlook will be good for Medical laboratory technologists (NOC 32120) in Prince Edward Island for the 2024-2026 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Medical laboratory technologists in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Medical laboratory technologists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 86%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 14%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 89% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 11% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 79% of medical laboratory technologists work all year, while 21% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 45 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 11% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 89% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 56% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 10% compared to 8% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology