Job prospects Department Chief, Social Services in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Managers in social, community and correctional services (NOC 40030) in New Brunswick 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.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Managers in social, community and correctional services in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 850 people work in this occupation.
• Managers in social, community and correctional services mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 51%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 17%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 7%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 6%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 74% of managers in social, community and correctional services work all year, while 26% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 22% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 78% compared to 48% 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: 8% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 37% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 30% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 16% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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