Job prospects Manager, Human Resources in New Brunswick

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "manager, human resources" in New Brunswick or across Canada.

Job opportunities in New Brunswick

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for human resources managers (NOC 10011) in New Brunswick for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• These managers are employed in financial and accounting departments across the public and private sector.
• Several years of experience in accounting, auditing, budgeting, financial planning and analysis or other financial activities are generally required.
• Accounting and audit managers may require a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
• Investment, treasury, or corporate finance managers may require a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or other recognized financial designation.
• Candidates should be familiar with industry-specific software packages, as well as local laws and financial regulations.
• Prospects are greater in the province's larger urban centres (Fredericton, Moncton, and Saint John), where there are greater concentrations of financial services. However, an availability to work in rural areas will expand the number of opportunities.
• Knowledge of both French and English will be required in certain regions of the province.

Here are some key facts about human resources managers in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 800 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Human resources managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 15%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 7%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 7%
• 85% of human resources managers work all year, while 15% 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 49 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 33% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 68% 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: 18% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 30% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 30% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 17% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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