Job prospects Sommelier in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very limited for Food and beverage servers (NOC 65200) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of a few positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

The employment dynamics in this occupation depend on trends that affect the food services sector. This industry is characterized by a highly competitive business environment and low profit margins, which lead to significant firm turnover.

Despite rising household incomes, the uncertainty surrounding the residual effects of the economic slowdown could further affect the food services sector given that dining out depends primarily on discretionary spending.

The decline in customers in dining rooms and bars in favour of fast food and take-out meals could also be unfavourable for the occupation.

On the other hand, population aging, the increase in the number of single-person households and better tourism opportunities in Quebec could support this occupation.

However, while this supports slight job growth, these factors will be insufficient to offset the effect of other factors influencing the occupation.

Here are some key facts about Food and beverage servers in Quebec:

• Approximately 24,400 people work in this occupation.
• Food and beverage servers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food services and drinking places (NAICS 722): 90%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 45% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 55% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 20% of food and beverage servers work all year, while 80% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 28 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of food and beverage servers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 27% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 73% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 20% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 34% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 13% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 24% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 7% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

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