Job prospects Applications Sales Engineer in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade (NOC 62100) in Saskatchewan for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• This occupation requires specialized product knowledge at the wholesale level.  In Saskatchewan, this occupation exists in multiple sectors including agricultural and industrial product manufacturing, and grain elevators.
• The ageing workforce is strengthening the outlook for this occupation as many new openings are expected from the need to replace retiring workers.
• Inflation may affect occupational growth over the forecast period.

Here are some key facts about Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 4,450 people work in this occupation.
• Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 60%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 8%
• 83% of technical sales specialists - wholesale trade work all year, while 17% 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.
• 6% of technical sales specialists - wholesale trade are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 80% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 20% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 43% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 12% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 18% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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