Job prospects Social Worker near Yellowknife (NT)

The employment outlook will be good for Social workers (NOC 41300) in Northwest Territories 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 Social workers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Social workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 59%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 34%
• 90% of social workers work all year, while 10% 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 51 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 10% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 90% 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: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 14% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 38% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 43% compared to 9% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology