Job prospects Consultant, Drug And Alcohol Abuse in Ontario
Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "consultant, drug and alcohol abuse" in Ontario or across Canada.
Job opportunities in Ontario
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 Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41404) in Ontario for the 2023-2025 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 a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers in Ontario:
- Approximately 19,800 people work in this occupation.
- Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 23%
- Hospitals (NAICS 622): 17%
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 14%
- Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 13%
- Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 7%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 89% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 11% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 78% of health policy researchers, consultants and program officers work all year, while 22% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% 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.
- 10% of health policy researchers, consultants and program officers are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 24% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 76% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 5% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 32% compared to 24% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 50% compared to 13% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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