Job prospects Residential Real Estate Agent 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 Real estate agents and salespersons (NOC 63101) 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.

Here are some key facts about Real estate agents and salespersons in Nova Scotia:

• Approximately 1,700 people work in this occupation.
• Real estate agents and salespersons mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 69% of real estate agents and salespersons work all year, while 31% 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 45 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 81% of real estate agents and salespersons are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 46% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 54% 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: 26% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 24% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 27% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 10% for all occupations

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