Job prospects Railway Carman/woman in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "railway carman/woman" in Manitoba or Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Railway carmen/women (NOC 72403) in Manitoba for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
Several positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Railway carmen/women in Manitoba:

Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Railway carmen/women mainly work in the following sectors:
- Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): more than 95%
85% of railway carmen/women work all year, while 15% 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 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 95% compared to 53% for all occupations
- Women: 5% compared to 47% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 34% compared to 31% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 38% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

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