Job prospects Construction Manager in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

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 Good for construction managers (NOC 70010) in Saskatchewan for the 2025-2027 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Construction employment is expected to strengthen in the near term, driven by strong growth in residential construction, with housing starts up 48% in the first nine months of 2025 compared to same period in 2024.
• Investments by the federal and provincial governments in affordable housing should sustain positive job prospects.
• Over the long term, the industry faces the challenge of an aging workforce.
• Non-residential construction employment is expected to moderate as activity slows in both engineering construction and industrial, commercial, and institutional building construction.

Here are some key facts about construction managers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 2,800 people work in this occupation.
• Construction managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 78%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 75% of construction managers work all year, while 25% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 34% of construction managers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 89% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 11% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 6% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 25% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 30% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 17% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology