Job prospects Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Assistant in Yukon

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

Job opportunities in Yukon

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

• The number of early childhood educators and assistants is expected to grow in response to the Canada-wide early learning and child care plan, announced in the 2021 Federal Budget.
• For Yukon, this plan includes the creation of 110 new regulated early learning and child care spaces within five years. Fully qualified early childhood educators in Yukon will receive a minimum wage of approximately $30 an hour—the highest minimum wage for early childhood educators in the country (Department of Finance Canada 2021).
• Local training is available. Yukon University offers an early learning and childcare diploma.

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

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2016.
• Early childhood educators and assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 82%
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): 16%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 80% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 20% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 57% of early childhood educators and assistants work all year, while 42% work only part of the year, compared to 56% and 44% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 33 weeks compared to 31 weeks for all occupations.
• 9% of early childhood educators and assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 50% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 50% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 21% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 32% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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