Job prospects Subsea Engineer in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Petroleum engineers (NOC 21332) in Saskatchewan for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many 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 Petroleum engineers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Petroleum engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211): 53%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 23%
  • Utilities (NAICS 22): 10%
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 8%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 6%
• 86% of petroleum engineers work all year, while 14% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% 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.
• 6% of petroleum engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 83% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 17% compared to 47% 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: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 65% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 30% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology