Job prospects Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified General Accountant (CPA, CGA) in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

The employment outlook will be moderate for Financial auditors and accountants (NOC 1111) in Alberta for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

After making a strong rebound in 2021 by 5.0%, Alberta's economy is projected to expand by 4.9% in 2022 with further gains of 3.5% and 2.4% in 2023 and 2024. The growth outlook remains strong in the fully opened economy with the financial sector posting the highest growth between 2019 and 2021 - 10.9%. Increased economic activities across sectors provide a positive employment outlook for this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Financial auditors and accountants in Alberta:

• Approximately 31,100 people work in this occupation.
• Financial auditors and accountants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services (NAICS 5412): 30%
  • Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211): 13%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 91% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 9% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 72% of financial auditors and accountants work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 35 weeks compared to 32 weeks for all occupations.
• 15% of financial auditors and accountants are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 42% compared to 54% for all occupations
  • Women: 57% compared to 46% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 7% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 23% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 53% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 16% compared to 8% for all occupations

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