Job prospects Marine Engineer in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

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

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Other professional engineers (NOC 21399) in New Brunswick for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• 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.

Here are some key facts about Other professional engineers in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 500 people work in this occupation.
• Other professional engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 28%
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 22%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 21%
  • Scenic and sightseeing transportation and support activities for transportation (NAICS 487-488): 15%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 481-483, 485-486, 493): 13%
• 86% of other professional engineers work all year, while 14% 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 46 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 82% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 18% compared to 48% 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: 9% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 36% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 27% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 14% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology