Job prospects Correctional Service Officer near Whitehorse (YT)

The employment outlook will be moderate for Correctional service officers (NOC 43201) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few 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.

Here are some key facts about Correctional service officers in Yukon:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Correctional service officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): more than 95%
• 64% of correctional service officers work all year, while 36% 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 41 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 88% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 13% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 33% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 22% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology