Job prospects Retail Pharmacist 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 very good for Pharmacists (NOC 31120) in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several 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.

• Greater need for medication management and overall healthcare services to support the growing and aging population in Saskatchewan. 
• There is high demand for this occupation as the provincial government ramps up initiatives to address persisting labour shortages across the health care sector.
• Recent expansion in training and scope of practice for pharmacists by the provincial government to include more health conditions such as strep throat and ear infections, and later in 2025, chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and heart failure, widens the job functions for practitioners in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Pharmacists in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 1,850 people work in this occupation.
• Pharmacists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 73%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 23%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 81% of pharmacists work all year, while 19% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 14% of pharmacists are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 31% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 69% 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: less than 5% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 86% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 13% compared to 7% for all occupations

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