Job prospects Program Planner, Special Events in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Conference and event planners (NOC 12103) in Alberta 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.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Conference and event planners in Alberta:

• Approximately 2,000 people work in this occupation.
• Conference and event planners mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 26%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 14%
  • Personal and laundry services (NAICS 812): 10%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 73% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 27% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 51% of conference and event planners work all year, while 49% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 37 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 20% of conference and event planners are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 25% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 75% compared to 47% 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: 21% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 31% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 35% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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