Job prospects Compensation Consultant in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Human resources professionals (NOC 11200) in Saskatchewan for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.

• Moderate demand for this occupation from main employers (public administration and public services) to improve efficiency.
• Employment opportunities are influenced by ongoing digital transformation initiatives, including the availability of online services, artificial intelligence and the automation of back-office processes.

Here are some key facts about Human resources professionals in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 3,050 people work in this occupation.
• Human resources professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 11%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 10%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 9%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 8%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 83% of human resources professionals work all year, while 17% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 27% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 73% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 13% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 22% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 42% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 14% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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