Job prospects Physician Assistant in Manitoba
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Job opportunities in Manitoba
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals (NOC 31303) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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 Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals in Manitoba:
- Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
- Hospitals (NAICS 622): 79%
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 18%
- 92% of physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals work all year, while 8% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 49 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 26% compared to 53% for all occupations
- Women: 74% compared to 47% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: 6% compared to 31% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 23% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 56% compared to 8% for all occupations
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