Job prospects Technical Services Electrical Engineer in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Electrical and electronics engineers (NOC 2133) in Quebec for the 2022-2024 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 Electrical and electronics engineers in Quebec:

• Approximately 8,800 people work in this occupation.
• Electrical and electronics engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 27%
  • Computer and electronic product manufacturing (NAICS 334): 11%
  • Utilities (NAICS 22): 11%
  • Transportation equipment manufacturing (NAICS 336): 6%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 6%
• 72% of electrical and electronics engineers work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 57% and 42% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 33 weeks for all occupations.
• less than 5% of electrical and electronics engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% 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: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 5% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 67% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 26% compared to 9% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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