Job prospects Registration Clerk in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks (NOC 14301) in Alberta for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several 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 Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks in Alberta:

• Approximately 2,150 people work in this occupation.
• Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 16%
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 11%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 11%
  • Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211): 9%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 88% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 12% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 67% of correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 7% of correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 19% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 81% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 30% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 23% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 9% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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