Job prospects Osteopathic Manual Practitioner in Alberta

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "osteopathic manual practitioner" in Alberta or Canada.

Job opportunities in Alberta

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 Other practitioners of natural healing (NOC 32209) in Alberta for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• 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 Other practitioners of natural healing in Alberta:

• Approximately 550 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Other practitioners of natural healing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 69%
  • Personal and laundry services (NAICS 812): 11%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 8%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 34% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 66% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 32% of other practitioners of natural healing work all year, while 68% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 93% of other practitioners of natural healing are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 17% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 83% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 19% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 10% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 35% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 24% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 9% 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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