Job prospects Psychologist in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Psychologists (NOC 31200) in Manitoba for the 2023-2025 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 a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Psychologists in Manitoba:

• Approximately 450 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Psychologists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 31%
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): 28%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 22%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 77% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 23% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 66% of psychologists work all year, while 34% 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 45 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 27% of psychologists are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 22% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 78% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 95% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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