Job prospects Nurse Practitioner in British Columbia

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Job opportunities in British Columbia

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Nurse practitioners (NOC 31302) in British Columbia for the 2024-2026 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.

New urgent and primary care centres have been announced or opened in Surrey, Richmond, Langley, Nanaimo, Courtenay, Williams Lake, Vernon, and other communities throughout the province. Most of these facilities will require nurse practitioners.

There continues to be acute labour shortages, affecting the delivery of health care services in various parts of the province, especially in rural areas.

Here are some key facts about Nurse practitioners in British Columbia:

• Approximately 650 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Nurse practitioners mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 66%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 28%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 87% compared to 78% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 13% compared to 22% for all occupations
• 70% of nurse practitioners work all year, while 30% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 19% of nurse practitioners are self-employed compared to an average of 17% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 6% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 94% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 93% compared to 12% for all occupations

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