Job prospects Employment Counsellor in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "employment counsellor" in Manitoba or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) (NOC 41321) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Several 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 career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) in Manitoba:

• Approximately 650 people work in this occupation.
• Career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 33%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 25%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 14%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 11%
• 74% of career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) work all year, while 26% 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 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 5% of career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 27% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 73% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 6% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 26% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 48% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 11% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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