Job prospects Funeral Home Attendant in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Other service support occupations (NOC 65329) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 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 a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Other service support occupations in Manitoba:

• Approximately 700 people work in this occupation.
• Other service support occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Personal and laundry services (NAICS 812): 24%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 13%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 13%
  • Computer, electronic and electrical product manufacturing (NAICS 334-335): 11%
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 8%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 53% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 47% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 39% of other service support occupations work all year, while 61% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 33 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of other service support occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 57% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 42% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 12% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 53% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 13% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

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