Job prospects Plumber in Nunavut
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Job opportunities in Nunavut

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Plumbers (NOC 72300) in Nunavut 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 Plumbers in Nunavut:

Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Plumbers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Construction (NAICS 23): 79%
- Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 10%
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 10%
73% of plumbers work all year, while 27% work only part of the year, compared to 72% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 15% compared to 37% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 15% compared to 22% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 46% compared to 11% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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