Job prospects Accounting Bookkeeper in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Accounting technicians and bookkeepers (NOC 12200) in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

• Base services like accounting and bookkeeping are tied to general economic conditions and business cycle in the province. A positive economic growth outlook for 2025 and 2026 should support job growth for this occupation.
• Generative AI-powered market intelligence solutions that deliver real time valuable insights for timely business decision making may impact jobs in the short to medium term in way that is quite uncertain and early to tell. 
• Recent research shows more than half of employees in Business and Finance are in jobs that have high exposure but low complementarity to AI.
• While individuals and small businesses are increasingly using affordable or free software to file taxes and do bookkeeping, a baseline demand for more complex corporate and public sector accounting remains. 
• Having a recognized credential, such as a CPA, is important to employers, as well as having strong interpersonal skills and prior work experience. 

Here are some key facts about Accounting technicians and bookkeepers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 5,750 people work in this occupation.
• Accounting technicians and bookkeepers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services (NAICS 5412): 31%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 9%
  • Agriculture (NAICS 111, 112, 1151, 1152): 7%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 62% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 38% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 69% of accounting technicians and bookkeepers work all year, while 31% 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 45 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 34% of accounting technicians and bookkeepers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 11% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 89% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 33% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 16% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

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