Job prospects Light Duty Cleaner in Saskatchewan

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "light duty cleaner" in Saskatchewan or Canada.

Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

Note: These outlooks were updated on November 29^th, 2023. Learn more about our methodology.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Light duty cleaners (NOC 65310) in Saskatchewan for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.

• Strong demand for cleaning services continues to create employment growth for this occupation in many settings including management and administrative services, hospitals, accommodation services, nursing and residential care facilities.
• The outlook for this occupation in offices and certain types of service businesses may be uncertain as many large employers allow for remote work.

Here are some key facts about Light duty cleaners in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 7,750 people work in this occupation.
• Light duty cleaners mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 26%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 23%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 12%
  • Accommodation services (NAICS 721): 12%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 56% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 44% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 52% of light duty cleaners work all year, while 48% 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 39 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 16% of light duty cleaners are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 22% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 78% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 27% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 48% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 9% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 6% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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