Job prospects Highway Engineer in Northwest Territories

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "highway engineer" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Civil engineers (NOC 21300) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many 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 Civil engineers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Civil engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 55%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 35%
• 10% of civil engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 90% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 10% compared to 48% 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: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 65% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 30% compared to 9% for all occupations