Job prospects Medical Laboratory Technologist in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Medical laboratory technologists (NOC 3211) in Alberta 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 Medical laboratory technologists in Alberta:

• Approximately 3,600 people work in this occupation.
• Medical laboratory technologists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 53%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 40%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 74% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 26% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 73% of medical laboratory technologists work all year, while 27% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 34 weeks compared to 32 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 16% compared to 54% for all occupations
  • Women: 84% compared to 46% 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 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 54% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 34% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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