Job prospects Human Resources Adviser in Prince Edward Island

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "human resources adviser" in Prince Edward Island or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Prince Edward Island

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 Moderate for human resources professionals (NOC 11200) in Prince Edward Island for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many 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 human resources professionals in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 600 people work in this occupation.
• Human resources professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 50%
  • Other services (except public administration) (NAICS 81): 8%
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 7%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 7%
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services (NAICS 5412): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 78% of human resources professionals work all year, while 22% 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 47 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 24% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 76% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 8% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 20% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 55% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 8% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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