Job prospects Air Pilot in Northwest Territories
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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories
These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors (NOC 72600) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment decline will lead to the loss of some 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 Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors in Northwest Territories:
- Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors mainly work in the following sectors:
- Transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49): more than 95%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 95% compared to 88% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
- 74% of air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors work all year, while 26% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
- Less than 5% of air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: 22% compared to 26% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 20% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 44% compared to 18% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 13% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a
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