Job prospects Order Transcriber in Saskatchewan

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "order transcriber" in Saskatchewan or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Good for general office support workers (NOC 14100) in Saskatchewan for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

• The broader trade dispute environment and heightened uncertainty have weakened business confidence, slowing investment and hiring decisions as businesses evaluate ongoing risks.
• The widespread adoption of web-based information systems has likely broadened the range of duties for this occupation.
• Increased labour demand in health care and the urgent need to address over-capacity issues in the province's largest hospitals due to chronic understaffing should generate some job opportunities for this occupation, since one-third of general office support workers are employed in health care.
• Greater use of technology and automation to perform administrative tasks may temper opportunities in this occupation. 

Here are some key facts about general office support workers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 4,100 people work in this occupation.
• General office support workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 18%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 8%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 74% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 26% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 69% of general office support workers work all year, while 31% 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 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 5% of general office support workers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 13% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 87% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 7% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 41% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 16% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 23% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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