Job prospects Event Coordinator in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Conference and event planners (NOC 12103) in New Brunswick 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Conference and event planners in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Conference and event planners mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 32%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 22%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 14%
  • Personal and laundry services (NAICS 812): 13%
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 78% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 22% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 51% of conference and event planners work all year, while 49% 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 36 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 6% of conference and event planners are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 14% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 86% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 21% compared to 30% 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: 30% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 34% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 7% for all occupations

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