Job prospects Preventive Dental Assistant in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "preventive dental assistant" in Yukon or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants (NOC 33100) in Yukon for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
Not many 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 Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants in Yukon:

Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): more than 95%
44% of dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants work all year, while 56% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 40 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: 42% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 17% compared to 13% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 25% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 17% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a