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Job opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Other professional engineers (NOC 21399) in Newfoundland and Labrador for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
- Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Other professional engineers in Newfoundland and Labrador:
- Approximately 550 people work in this occupation.
- Other professional engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 25%
- Water transportation (NAICS 483): 22%
- Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 21%
- Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482, 486, 487, 493): 13%
- Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211): 7%
- 56% of other professional engineers work all year, while 43% work only part of the year, compared to 56% and 43% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 41 weeks compared to 40 weeks for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 92% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: 8% compared to 49% 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: less than 5% compared to 27% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 62% compared to 23% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 18% compared to 14% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 7% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
Explore job prospects in Newfoundland and Labrador by economic region.
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Avalon Peninsula Region | |
Notre Dame-Central-Bonavista Bay Region | |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula Region | |
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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology
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