Job prospects Chiropodist in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating (NOC 31209) in Ontario for the 2024-2026 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 a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating in Ontario:

• Approximately 3,750 people work in this occupation.
• Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 89%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 67% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 33% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 47% of other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating work all year, while 53% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 42 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 82% of other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 28% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 72% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 34% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 53% compared to 13% for all occupations

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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