Job prospects Apartment Building Maintenance Worker in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for General building maintenance workers and building superintendents (NOC 73201) in New Brunswick for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about General building maintenance workers and building superintendents in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 1,300 people work in this occupation.
• General building maintenance workers and building superintendents mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56 except 5614): 12%
  • Accommodation services (NAICS 721): 12%
  • Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): 11%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 10%
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 56% of general building maintenance workers and building superintendents work all year, while 43% 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 40 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 9% of general building maintenance workers and building superintendents are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 93% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 7% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 20% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 40% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 19% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 16% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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