Job prospects Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Assistant in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 4214) in Alberta for the 2022-2024 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 several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
• High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Federal and provincial funding for child care will lead to additional jobs in this occupation. Alberta’s 2022 Budget announced $666M in operating funds in 2022-23, and more than $2.6 billion by 2024-25 to enhance the affordability and accessibility of licensed child-care programs.

Here are some key facts about Early childhood educators and assistants in Alberta:

• Approximately 20,350 people work in this occupation.
• Early childhood educators and assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 88%
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 73% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 27% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 43% of early childhood educators and assistants work all year, while 56% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 32 weeks compared to 32 weeks for all occupations.
• 10% of early childhood educators and assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 54% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 46% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 19% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 39% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 25% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 9% 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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