Job prospects Primary Care Paramedic 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 Paramedical occupations (NOC 32102) in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• An aging and growing population is expected to increase the need for emergency care services. 
• Increased funding for emergency services in local areas.
• There is high demand for this occupation as the provincial government ramps up initiatives to address persisting labour shortages across the health care sector.

Here are some key facts about Paramedical occupations in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 1,850 people work in this occupation.
• Paramedical occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 74%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 19%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 87% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 13% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 67% of paramedical occupations work all year, while 33% 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 44 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of paramedical occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 60% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 40% 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: 5% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 31% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 54% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 8% 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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