Job prospects Conference And Meeting Planner 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 Conference and event planners (NOC 12103) 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.

Here are some key facts about Conference and event planners in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Conference and event planners mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 28%
  • Personal and laundry services (NAICS 812): 18%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 11%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 8%
  • Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 67% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 33% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 51% of conference and event planners 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 37 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 26% of conference and event planners are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 26% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 74% 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: 33% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 25% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 7% for all occupations

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