Job prospects Payroll Administrator in Ontario
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Job opportunities in Ontario
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Payroll administrators (NOC 13102) in Ontario for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
- Several positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
What Types of Employers Are Out There?
- Employed across all industries
What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?
- Ongoing need for payroll services across businesses and departments will support work in this occupation
- However, greater use of technology and outsourcing of certain payroll services may temper job growth and change some of the job functions
What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?
- Completion of college or industry courses in accounting, bookkeeping or payroll administration may be required
- The Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation from the National Payroll Institute may be an asset in securing employment.
Here are some key facts about Payroll administrators in Ontario:
- Approximately 19,150 people work in this occupation.
- Payroll administrators mainly work in the following sectors:
- Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services (NAICS 5412): 10%
- Construction (NAICS 23): 8%
- Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 6%
- Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 5%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 90% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 10% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 80% of payroll administrators work all year, while 20% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- Less than 5% of payroll administrators are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 13% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 87% 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: 22% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 8% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 38% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 25% compared to 24% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 13% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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