Job prospects Program Officer, Natural And Applied Sciences in Prince Edward Island

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Job opportunities in Prince Edward Island

These outlooks were updated on November 29^th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41400) in Prince Edward Island for the 2023-2025 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 Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 45%
  • Other services (except public administration) (NAICS 81): 26%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 25%
• 76% of natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers work all year, while 24% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 44% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 56% 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: 10% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 10% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 30% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 50% compared to 8% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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