Job prospects Journeyman/woman Carpenter near Whitehorse (YT)

The employment outlook will be good for Carpenters (NOC 72310) in Yukon 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 several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Carpenters in Yukon:

• Approximately 450 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Carpenters mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 73%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 8%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 41% of carpenters work all year, while 59% 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 38 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 42% of carpenters are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 93% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 7% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 13% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 23% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 45% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 9% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 8% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology