Job prospects Comptroller 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 moderate for Financial managers (NOC 10010) 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Financial managers in Nova Scotia:
- Approximately 1,450 people work in this occupation.
- Financial managers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 16%
- Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 9%
- Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services (NAICS 5412): 8%
- Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 8%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 94% compared to 82% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 6% compared to 18% for all occupations
- 89% of financial managers work all year, while 11% 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 49 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 43% 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: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 10% compared to 27% 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: 21% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 41% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 22% compared to 10% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology
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