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Over the past few years (2021-2023), the labour market was balanced for Industrial and manufacturing engineers near Charlottetown (PE). The number of job openings was about the same as the number of workers available in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Assessment Methodology

The employment outlook will be good for Industrial and manufacturing engineers (NOC 21321) in Prince Edward Island for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many 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 Industrial and manufacturing engineers in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Industrial and manufacturing engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325): 42%
  • Fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332): 31%
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 14%
  • Other manufacturing (NAICS 313-316, 323-324, 326-327, 331, 334-335, 337, 339): 13%
• 70% of industrial and manufacturing engineers work all year, while 30% 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 46 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 56% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 33% compared to 8% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology