Job prospects Dining Car Waiter/waitress in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Food and beverage servers (NOC 65200) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Forecast growth in the Yukon's tourism industry may create higher demand for jobs in the accommodation and food services sector.
Overnight tourism visits to the Yukon are expected to grow by 11.6% in 2025 and 6.1% annually from 2026 to 2028 (Conference Board of Canada, 2024).
High vacancy rates persist for occupations in tourism industries, including jobs in the accommodation and food services sector.
For employees and prospective employees in these occupations in the tourism industry, The Yukon Tourism Training Fund provides grants for short term training.
In the Yukon, this occupation can be employed to support workforce in industrial settings, such as mining camps.

Here are some key facts about Food and beverage servers in Yukon:

Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Food and beverage servers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): more than 95%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 50% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 50% compared to 16% for all occupations
15% of food and beverage servers work all year, while 85% 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 31 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 30% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 70% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 23% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 38% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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