Job prospects Medical Laboratory Technologist in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

Prospects over the next 3 years

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

• Approximately 550 people work in this occupation.
• Medical laboratory technologists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 79%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 17%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 88% compared to 83% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 12% compared to 17% for all occupations
• 78% of medical laboratory technologists work all year, while 22% work only part of the year, compared to 60% and 40% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 31 weeks compared to 29 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 19% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 81% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 62% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 33% compared to 14% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 6% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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