Job prospects Industrial Sewing Machine Operator in New Brunswick

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "industrial sewing machine operator" in New Brunswick or across Canada.

Job opportunities in New Brunswick

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 Good for industrial sewing machine operators (NOC 94132) in New Brunswick for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Here are some key facts about industrial sewing machine operators in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Industrial sewing machine operators mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Repair and maintenance (NAICS 811): 54%
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (NAICS 339): 46%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 71% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 28% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 36% of industrial sewing machine operators work all year, while 64% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 38 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 13% of industrial sewing machine operators are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 19% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 81% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 26% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 53% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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