Job prospects Employment Insurance Agent in New Brunswick

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "employment insurance agent" in New Brunswick or across Canada.

Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Employment insurance and revenue officers (NOC 12104) in New Brunswick for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• 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.

• Employment insurance and revenue officers work in the public sector.
• Typically, employees are trained on subject matter after being hired.
• Candidates may be required to be bilingual for certain positions.

Here are some key facts about Employment insurance and revenue officers in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 2,050 people work in this occupation.
• Employment insurance and revenue officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 95%
• 77% of employment insurance and revenue officers work all year, while 23% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 30% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 70% compared to 48% 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: 18% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 39% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology