Job openings and employment by occupation and industry for the period 2020-2031

High-opportunity occupations

High opportunity occupations by NOC based on forecasted number of job openings in the period 2021-2031

BC Labour force supply composition for the period 2021-2031

Forecasted number of new job market entrants in the period 2021-2031

These job openings provide a forecast for the demand for labour with the associated education background. This is a demand projection only and is not a measure of how many graduates the B.C. education system needs to produce. These job openings are projected to be supplied through a mix of young B.C. residents starting work after being educated either in B.C. or other jurisdictions, immigrants, migrants from other provinces, or existing residents pursuing additional education.

Planners should take these other possible sources of supply into account when using these projections for post-secondary program planning purposes.