Job prospects Information Services Librarian in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Librarians (NOC 51100) in Saskatchewan for the 2023-2025 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.

Here are some key facts about Librarians in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 400 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Librarians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 51% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 49% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 71% of librarians work all year, while 28% 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 46 weeks compared to 43 weeks 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: 31% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 14% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 32% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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