Job prospects Educational Assistant 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 very good for Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 43100) in Yukon 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.

• Most employees within these occupations work at one of the Yukon's three school authorities: Yukon Education, the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon, and the First Nation School Board.
• Steady population growth along with continued spending by the Government of Yukon on education infrastructure supports continued employment opportunities for these occupations from 2024 to 2026.
• The Government of Yukon's 2024-2025 budget added $4.4 million to increase education support staff and wellness professionals in schools across the territory (Government of Yukon 2024).
• Looking beyond the forecast period, the Conference Board of Canada (2024) predicts that this occupation will be in the top ten in terms of openings of all occupations in the Yukon from 2024 to 2045.

Here are some key facts about Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants in Yukon:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 88% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 12% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 51% of elementary and secondary school teacher assistants work all year, while 49% 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 42 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 22% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 78% compared to 51% 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: 22% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 44% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 16% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 9% compared to 11% for all occupations

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