Job prospects Commercial Real Estate Agent in Nova Scotia
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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia
These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Real estate agents and salespersons (NOC 63101) in Nova Scotia for the 2023-2025 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
- A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
Here are some key facts about Real estate agents and salespersons in Nova Scotia:
- Approximately 1,700 people work in this occupation.
- Real estate agents and salespersons mainly work in the following sectors:
- Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): more than 95%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 85% compared to 82% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 15% compared to 18% for all occupations
- 69% of real estate agents and salespersons work all year, while 31% 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 45 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
- 81% of real estate agents and salespersons are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 46% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: 54% compared to 49% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 26% compared to 27% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 24% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 27% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 10% 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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