Job prospects Secondary School Teacher in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "secondary school teacher" in Manitoba or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for secondary school teachers (NOC 41220) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for this occupation is influenced by population growth, student enrollment, and provincial government spending. There are shortages of teachers in the province's rural areas and northern regions. A province-wide collective agreement in 2024 aimed to make teacher salaries competitive with other provinces and to close the gap between rural and urban school divisions. The standardized wage scale takes effect in the 2026-27 school year.
• Key trends for this occupation include personalized learning using artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in lesson planning, data analytics to identify at-risk students, microlearning to enhance learning tention and engagement, and the integration of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programing into curriculum.

Here are some key facts about secondary school teachers in Manitoba:

• Approximately 3,700 people work in this occupation.
• Secondary school teachers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 88% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 12% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 90% of secondary school teachers work all year, while 10% 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 49 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 48% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 52% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 63% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 31% compared to 8% for all occupations

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