Job prospects Accounting Technician near Yellowknife (NT)

The employment outlook will be very good for Accounting technicians and bookkeepers (NOC 12200) in Northwest Territories for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Accounting technicians and bookkeepers are employed across nearly all industries in the Northwest Territories.
• Digital transformation initiatives, including the availability of online services, artificial intelligence, and the automation of back-office processes may temper job growth and change some job functions.

Here are some key facts about Accounting technicians and bookkeepers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Accounting technicians and bookkeepers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 42%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 25%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 7%
  • Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 6%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 91% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 9% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 91% of accounting technicians and bookkeepers work all year, while 9% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 50 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 19% of accounting technicians and bookkeepers are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 17% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 83% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 8% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 27% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 31% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology