Job prospects Administrative Officer 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 Administrative officers (NOC 13100) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• An ongoing need for administrative and organizational support across businesses and departments will support work in this occupation.
• Greater use of technology and automation to perform administrative tasks may temper opportunities in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Administrative officers in Manitoba:

• Approximately 5,650 people work in this occupation.
• Administrative officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 10%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 7%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 6%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 83% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 17% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 76% of administrative officers work all year, while 24% 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 46 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 8% of administrative officers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 17% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 83% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 6% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 33% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 23% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 21% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 8% for all occupations

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