Job prospects Legal Secretary in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

The employment outlook will be good for Legal administrative assistants (NOC 1242) in Manitoba for the 2022-2024 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.

Here are some key facts about Legal administrative assistants in Manitoba:

• Approximately 1,700 people work in this occupation.
• Legal administrative assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Legal services (NAICS 5411): 69%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 7%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 87% compared to 79% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 13% compared to 21% for all occupations
• 73% of legal administrative assistants work all year, while 27% work only part of the year, compared to 64% and 36% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 31 weeks for all occupations.
• less than 5% of legal administrative assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 14% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 22% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 61% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 12% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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