Job prospects Public Inquiries Officer 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 good for Program officers unique to government (NOC 41407) 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.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about Program officers unique to government in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Program officers unique to government mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 37%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 31%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 9%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 5%
  • Insurance Carriers and related activities (NAICS 524, 526): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 70% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 30% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 62% of program officers unique to government work all year, while 38% 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 39 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 43% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 56% 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: 18% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 13% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 24% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 27% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 15% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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