Job prospects Real Estate Developer in Nova Scotia

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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers (NOC 10020) in Nova Scotia for the 2024-2026 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.

Here are some key facts about Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers in Nova Scotia:

• Approximately 800 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Insurance Carriers and related activities (NAICS 524, 526): 64%
  • Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): 26%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 9%
• 86% of insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers work all year, while 14% 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 50 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 17% of insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 50% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 50% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 20% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 12% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 45% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 14% compared to 10% for all occupations

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