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Labour Force by Industry
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DownloadThe industry that hires the most from Southgrow, AB's workforce is Health Care and Social Assistance hiring 10830 people or 13.21% of the community's workforce. This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in: providing health care by diagnosis and treatment, providing residential care for medical and social reasons, and providing social assistance, such as counselling, welfare, child protection, community housing and food services, vocational rehabilitation and child care, to those requiring such assistance. The second largest is the Retail Trade industry that hired 11.74% of locals. The third largest is the Construction industry, whose 7410 employees are from Southgrow, AB.
The labour force industries chart illustrates the share of different industries in hiring the labour force from Southgrow, AB. The largest portion of the pie chart represents the industry considered to be the biggest employer in the municipality.
Labour Force by Occupation
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Most of Southgrow, AB's workforce is working in Sales and service with 17980 people or 21.95% of the community's workforce. This category contains retail and wholesale sales occupations and customer and personal service occupations related to a wide range of industries, such as accommodation and food services, travel, tourism and cleaning services. Sales and service occupations can be linked, for the most part, to formal post-secondary or occupation-specific training programs. Others are characterized by periods of formal on-the-job training. Apprenticeship training is available for some specialized service occupations. Progression from sales and service occupations to positions of increased responsibility, or supervision, usually requires occupational experience and may require completion of related training programs. The second largest is those in Trades, transport and equipment operators, comprising 17.67% of locals. The third largest group are those in Business, finance and administration, whose 10715 employees are from Southgrow, AB.
The labour force by occupation chart provides a breakdown of the occupations of people in Southgrow, AB. It gives an idea of what are the skill sets majority of the people and the primary and secondary industries in the municipality.
Employment Rates
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The employment rate chart shows the percentage of people of working age who are employed for each of the past three census years.
Participation Rates
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The participation rates chart shows the percentage of people who are either employed or are actively looking for work. A growing participation rate signals more people coming into the labour force whether younger people looking for first jobs, people of working age switching careers or jobs, or people re-entering the job market after job disruptions. Migration can significantly affect this economic metric.
Unemployment Rates
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The unemployment rate chart shows the number of unemployed workers and people searching for a paid job expressed as a percentage of the labour force. An increasing unemployment rate signals an “employer’s market” where there are more job seekers compared to the number of jobs available.