Job prospects Public Health Unit Supervisor in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Public and environmental health and safety professionals (NOC 21120) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• 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.

Here are some key facts about Public and environmental health and safety professionals in Yukon:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Public and environmental health and safety professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 71%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 14%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 7%
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 7%
• 60% of public and environmental health and safety professionals work all year, while 40% 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 36 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 73% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 27% 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: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 45% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 18% compared to 11% for all occupations