Job prospects Medical Laboratory Technologist in Prince Edward Island

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "medical laboratory technologist" in Prince Edward Island or Canada.

Job opportunities in Prince Edward Island

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Medical laboratory technologists (NOC 3211) in Prince Edward Island for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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 Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2016.
• Medical laboratory technologists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 87%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 11%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 92% compared to 83% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 8% compared to 17% for all occupations
• 75% of medical laboratory technologists work all year, while 25% 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 29 weeks compared to 27 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 13% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 88% compared to 49% 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: 44% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 48% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 7% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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