Job prospects Meat Cutter - Retail Or Wholesale in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale (NOC 65202) in New Brunswick for the 2023-2025 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.

Here are some key facts about Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food and beverage stores (NAICS 445): 65%
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 14%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 14%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 76% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 24% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 52% of meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale work all year, while 48% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 40 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 87% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 13% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 21% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 54% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 10% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 8% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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