Job prospects Information Services Librarian in Saskatchewan

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "information services librarian" in Saskatchewan or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Moderate

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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