Job prospects Industrial Designer in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

Note: These outlooks were updated on November 29^th, 2023. Learn more about our methodology.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Industrial designers (NOC 22211) in Ontario for the 2023-2025 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Industrial designers in Ontario:

• Approximately 5,550 people work in this occupation.
• Industrial designers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 26%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 13%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 8%
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (NAICS 339): 7%
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (NAICS 337): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 90% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 10% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 72% of industrial designers work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 45 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 20% of industrial designers are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 60% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 40% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 12% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 44% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 13% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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