Job prospects Restaurant Waiter/waitress - Formal Service in Nova Scotia
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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia
These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Food and beverage servers (NOC 65200) in Nova Scotia for the 2023-2025 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
- A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
A severe shortage of servers that emerged in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic containment measures continues to affect the food services industry throughout the province. Prospects are good for individuals looking for work as a server, however some conditions of employment may be a deterrent to applicants, such as long or irregular hours and seasonality.
Here are some key facts about Food and beverage servers in Nova Scotia:
- Approximately 3,300 people work in this occupation.
- Food and beverage servers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Food services and drinking places (NAICS 722): 86%
- Accommodation services (NAICS 721): 6%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 47% compared to 82% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 53% compared to 18% for all occupations
- 17% of food and beverage servers work all year, while 83% 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 30 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
- Less than 5% of food and beverage servers are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 21% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: 79% compared to 49% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 10% compared to 10% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 49% compared to 27% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 15% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 19% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years
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