Job prospects Butcher Apprentice in Québec
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Job opportunities in Québec
These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be limited for Butchers - retail and wholesale (NOC 63201) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
- Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Butchers - retail and wholesale in Quebec:
- Approximately 4,800 people work in this occupation.
- Butchers - retail and wholesale mainly work in the following sectors:
- Food and beverage stores (NAICS 445): 88%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 83% compared to 82% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 17% compared to 18% for all occupations
- 74% of butchers - retail and wholesale work all year, while 26% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 8% of butchers - retail and wholesale 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: 25% compared to 12% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 23% compared to 19% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 42% compared to 19% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 7% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years
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