Job prospects Post-secondary Teaching Assistant in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Post-secondary teaching and research assistants (NOC 41201) in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several 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.

• Despite a slowdown in international student enrolment following the new federal cap on study permits, sustained investments in postsecondary education should sustain employment in this occupation.
• Increased university research funding including several large-scale, interdisciplinary research grants from provincial and federal funding agencies and industry partners will allow employment growth in this occupation.
• Graduate programs may benefit from increased international student enrolment as current levels of international graduate students are already below the new cap for this group of students.

Here are some key facts about Post-secondary teaching and research assistants in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 2,250 people work in this occupation.
• Post-secondary teaching and research assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 83%
  • Community colleges and C.E.G.E.P.s (NAICS 6112): 10%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 64% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 36% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 53% of post-secondary teaching and research assistants work all year, while 47% 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 39 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of post-secondary teaching and research assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 42% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 57% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 7% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 34% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 38% compared to 7% for all occupations

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