Job prospects Formal Service Waiter/waitress in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Food and beverage servers (NOC 65200) 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 a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
• High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Many positions in the accommodation and food services sector continue to go unfilled across the territory. Demand for occupations such as food and beverage servers is high throughout the territory. 

Here are some key facts about Food and beverage servers in Yukon:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Food and beverage servers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 50% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 50% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 15% of food and beverage servers work all year, while 85% 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 31 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 30% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 70% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 23% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 38% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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