Employment Outlook

The employment outlook will be Moderate for other service support occupations (NOC 65329) in Prince Edward Island for the 2025-2027 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.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about other service support occupations in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Other service support occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 31%
  • Other services (except public administration) (NAICS 81): 21%
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 15%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 14%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 8%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 56% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 43% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 43% of other service support occupations work all year, while 56% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 56% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 44% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 13% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 39% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor’s: 22% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor’s degree: 9% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Source: Job Bank

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