Job prospects Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Assistant in British Columbia

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "early childhood educator (ECE) assistant" in British Columbia or Canada.

Job opportunities in British Columbia

The employment outlook will be good for Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 4214) in British Columbia for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for this occupation mirrors the strong demand for teachers.
• Education programs continue to expand to meet demand.

Here are some key facts about Early childhood educators and assistants in British Columbia:

• Approximately 24,550 people work in this occupation.
• Early childhood educators and assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 89%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 68% compared to 77% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 32% compared to 23% for all occupations
• 46% of early childhood educators and assistants work all year, while 54% work only part of the year, compared to 56% and 43% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 34 weeks compared to 32 weeks for all occupations.
• 13% of early childhood educators and assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 48% 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: 15% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 56% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 17% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 5% compared to 10% for all occupations

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