Job prospects Health Research Officer in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "health research officer" in Yukon or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41404) in Yukon for the 2023-2025 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 Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers in Yukon:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 48%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 48%
• 85% of health policy researchers, consultants and program officers work all year, while 15% 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 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 28% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 71% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 13% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 33% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 47% compared to 11% for all occupations