Job prospects Food And Beverage Server in Yukon
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Job opportunities in Yukon
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Food and beverage servers (NOC 65200) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
- Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
- High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.
- Forecast growth in the Yukon's tourism industry may create higher demand for jobs in the accommodation and food services sector.
- Overnight tourism visits to the Yukon are expected to grow by 11.6% in 2025 and 6.1% annually from 2026 to 2028 (Conference Board of Canada, 2024).
- High vacancy rates persist for occupations in tourism industries, including jobs in the accommodation and food services sector.
- For employees and prospective employees in these occupations in the tourism industry, The Yukon Tourism Training Fund provides grants for short term training.
- In the Yukon, this occupation can be employed to support workforce in industrial settings, such as mining camps.
Here are some key facts about Food and beverage servers in Yukon:
- Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Food and beverage servers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): more than 95%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 50% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 50% compared to 16% for all occupations
- 15% of food and beverage servers work all year, while 85% 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 31 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 30% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 70% compared to 51% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 23% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 38% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a
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