Job prospects Senior Accounting Clerk in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Accounting and related clerks (NOC 14200) in Yukon 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Accounting and related clerks are employed across nearly all industries in the Yukon.
• Looking beyond the forecast period, The Conference Board of Canada (2024) predicts that these occupations will be in the top 30 in terms of job openings of all occupations in the Yukon from 2024 to 2045.

Here are some key facts about Accounting and related clerks in Yukon:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Accounting and related clerks mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 47%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 12%
  • Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 12%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 90% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 10% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 78% of accounting and related clerks work all year, while 22% 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 47 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 10% of accounting and related clerks are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 13% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 87% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 28% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 13% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 34% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 13% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

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