Job prospects Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Assistant in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

The employment outlook will be moderate for Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 4214) in Saskatchewan 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 several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

What are the main trends affecting employment?

• The number of child care workers is expected to grow in response to the planned investment in the Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
• Public sector investments in the child care system.
• Generally, steady opportunities as the population grows and more parents participate in the workforce.

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

• Approximately 6,250 people work in this occupation.
• Early childhood educators and assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 92%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 74% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 26% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 50% of early childhood educators and assistants work all year, while 50% 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 33 weeks compared to 32 weeks for all occupations.
• 11% 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 53% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 9% compared to 14% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 27% compared to 32% 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: 40% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 12% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 6% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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