Job prospects Community And Social Services Worker in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "community and social services worker" in Yukon or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

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.

Good

The employment outlook will be Good for social and community service workers (NOC 42201) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several 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.

Continued steady population growth has driven demand for this occupation in the Yukon.

Here are some key facts about social and community service workers in Yukon:

Approximately 450 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Social and community service workers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 49%
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 43%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 83% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 17% compared to 16% for all occupations
67% of social and community service workers work all year, while 33% 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 43 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 30% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 70% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 25% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 13% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 33% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 20% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations

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