Job prospects Health Care Researcher in Alberta

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "health care researcher" in Alberta or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Alberta

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 28, 2026. 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 Moderate for health policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41404) in Alberta for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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.

Here are some key facts about health policy researchers, consultants and program officers in Alberta:

• Approximately 4,600 people work in this occupation.
• Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 31%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 21%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 11%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 78% of health policy researchers, consultants and program officers work all year, while 22% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 13% of health policy researchers, consultants and program officers are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 20% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 80% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 8% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 26% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 46% compared to 9% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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