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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Industrial and manufacturing engineers (NOC 21321) in Nova Scotia for the 2024-2026 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 Industrial and manufacturing engineers in Nova Scotia:
- Approximately 400 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Industrial and manufacturing engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Plastics and rubber products and chemicals manufacturing (NAICS 325-326): 24%
- Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 11%
- Utilities (NAICS 22): 10%
- Hospitals (NAICS 622): 7%
- Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 7%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 91% compared to 82% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 9% compared to 18% for all occupations
- 75% of industrial and manufacturing engineers work all year, while 25% 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 45 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
- 8% of industrial and manufacturing engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 71% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: 28% compared to 49% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
- bachelor's degree: 72% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 22% compared to 10% for all occupations
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