Job prospects Director General - Government Services in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Senior government managers and officials (NOC 00011) in Alberta for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Senior government managers and officials in Alberta:

• Approximately 800 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Senior government managers and officials mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 13%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 6%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 6%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 5%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 5%
• 87% of senior government managers and officials work all year, while 13% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 49 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of senior government managers and officials are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 56% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 44% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 8% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 27% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 32% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 28% compared to 9% for all occupations

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