Job prospects Epidemiologist, Veterinary in New Brunswick

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "epidemiologist, veterinary" in New Brunswick or across Canada.

Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Veterinarians (NOC 31103) in New Brunswick for the 2024-2026 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.

Here are some key facts about Veterinarians in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Veterinarians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 76%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 12%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 7%
  • Agriculture (NAICS 111, 112, 1151, 1152): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 75% of veterinarians work all year, while 25% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% 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.
• 24% of veterinarians are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 14% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 86% compared to 48% 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: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: more than 95% compared to 7% 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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